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| Type: | Conference Paper |
| Title: | Not the same : conference proceedings and a strategy on domestic violence and sexual assault for non-English speaking background women |
| Authors: | Organised by Domestic Violence and Incest Resource Centre, Immigrant Women's Domestic Violence Service, Women in Industry and Community Health, Victorian Community Council Against Violence |
| Keywords: | CALD (culturally and linguistically diverse) |
| Year: | 1996 |
| Publisher: | Domestic Violence & Incest Resource Centre, Brunswick |
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"A conference held at Melbourne Park March 22 and 23, 1996"
At bottom of title page: Office of the Status of Women.
Proceedings of a conference organised with the purpose of facilitating positive changes in the area of service provision to NESB women who are the victims of violence. Specifically the aims of the conference were: to provide an overview of the issues; present information about policies and practices currently being undertaken to meet the needs of NESB women and children subjected to violence; promote discussion of how notions of ethnicity, race, culture and other forms of identity are defined and applied when considering domestic violence and sexual assault; and develop a comprehensive and responsive Strategy on violence against women.
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Conference welcome, Joy Murphy, Wurundjeri Elder
Plenary panel: Increasing access for NESB women: Includes papers by representatives from the Association of non-English Speaking Background Women of Australia (ANESBWA)
Muslim Women Support Centre
Mimosa House (a refuge for Indo-Chinese women)
Northern Centre Against Sexual Assault (NCASA)
Centre for Philippine Concerns
Network of Australian Muslim Women
Interlesbian
Fairfield Multicultural Family Planning Association
Fairfield Immigrant and Refugee Women's Network
NSW Working Women's Centre
¬ Opening speech: Violence against NESB women, Zita Antonios, Race Discrimination Commissioner
¬ Appendix 2: The CASAs multilingual information strategy: Final report
Appendix 1: Bibliography, including a selection of relevant reports and policy documents
A strategy on domestic violence and sexual assault for NESB women
Focus groups (each of which includes a number of papers by representatives of services involved): courts