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Family Violence Risk & Safety Series

Family Violence Risk and Safety Series The below resources are part of a series about family violence and risk safety produced by Women's Refuge with support from Contact Energy. Click…
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Safer How, Safer When

Safer How, Safer When What Refuge risk data tells us about the spread of family violence in clients’ lives.   Click here to view/download the Research Profile InfographicClick here to…
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Evaluation of Kōkihi ngā Rito – Women’s Refuge’s Child Advocacy Pilot

Please click here to view Evaluation of Kōkihi ngā Rito - Women's Refuge's Child Advocacy Pilot   Please click here to view the Executive Summary of the Evaluation of Kōkihi…
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Rethinking ‘risk’: using risk assessment data in family violence and safety work

Click here to view/download the 'Rethinking risk' research: https://womensrefuge.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Rethinking-Risk.pdf
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The Role of Health Practitioners in Treating Family Violence

Health at What Cost? The Role of Health Practitioners in Treating Family Violence A guide for health practitioners on how to think about and respond to victims of family violence.…
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Kids in the Middle

Kids in the Middle Research Women’s Refuge has released a first of its kind research report into what children need to feel safe after family violence. Nineteen children aged 5-13…
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Intimate Partner Stalking

Intimate Partner Stalking Women’s Refuge has released research that examines stalking in the context of an intimate partner relationship or intimate partner stalking (IPS). Over 700 respondents answered the survey…
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Pet Abuse Report

Pet Abuse Report For many women living with intimate partners who use abuse to exercise power and control over them, animals represent both a source of comfort and a source…
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Reproductive Coercion

Reproductive Coercion Reproductive coercion is a form of Intimate Partner Violence (IVP) that involves controlling access and tampering with contraceptives, pregnancy coercion, attempting to cause miscarriage, and intentional exposure to…
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Economic Abuse Report

Economic Abuse Report In recognition of the minimal available literature on economic abuse in the context of intimate partner violence, Women’s Refuge conducted a survey of 445 women who considered…
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