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dc.contributor.authorOberin, Julieen
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-30T23:00:14Z-
dc.date.available2022-06-30T23:00:14Z-
dc.date.issued2002en
dc.identifier.citation15 (2), February 2002en
dc.identifier.issn1032-6170en
dc.identifier.urihttps://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/12485-
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherCouncil to Homeless Personsen
dc.subjectHousingen
dc.subjectLeaving/Stayingen
dc.titleThe gendered face of "family homelessness": women, children and domestic and family violenceen
dc.title.alternativeParityen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.catalogid1985en
dc.subject.keywordJournal article/research paperen
dc.subject.keywordnew_recorden
dc.subject.keywordNationalen
dc.description.notesEmphasises the concept of homelessness being women and children escaping domestic and family violence, and debunks the myths associated with the stereotypes of homelessness being single roofless men or nuclear families destitute because of misfortune. SAAP (Supported Accommodation Assistance Program) data demonstrate the gendered nature of family homelessness and the role of domestic violence in that. Recently, calls have come from women’s services to remove the perpetrator from the family home rather than expecting the woman and children to flee. The author suggests that the use of outreach support services for women who remain in the home is a cheaper model for governments than the use of refuges. If this means then diverting funds away from refuges, it – and the governments’ interest in pursuing it – needs to be embraced with some caution. As the home may be the most unsafe place for these women and children to be, structural change within the police, legal arena, judiciary, and within the community is needed for this to work well. The author calls for less funding to go to often-ineffective perpetrator-related programmes, and more to providing increased services, such as crisis accommodation, for women and children.en
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dc.date.entered2002-09-06en
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