Family and Domestic Violence
Family and Domestic Violence
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24 November 2021
The women find gardening and outdoor projects both fun and therapeutic. Salvos Domestic and Family Violence chaplain supports women in crisis and beyond Words Simone Worthing The Salvation Army will be among the millions who observe the annual United Nations Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on 25 November. Violence against women and girls (...
28 September 2021
Words Wendy Tuohy The Salvation Army has reported a 95 per cent increase in demand for support with technology-based threats in 2020, as more women found that perpetrators were using these means to ex...
7 August 2021
Changing the lives of women and children without permanent residency Words Jessica Morris It’s no secret that domestic and family violence surged during 2020. But for Salvation Army Housing Vic...
19 July 2021
The Salvation Army played an active role in Australia’s inaugural online modern slavery conference – Partnering to End Modern Slavery – which took place last month. Organised by A...
14 July 2021
Salvos women's refuges provide safe accommodation and support Words Jessica Morris The Pilbara and Kimberley regions of Western Australia are vast and remote. So, finding secure and stable accommodati...
21 May 2021
Rose builds a new life after the trauma of domestic violence Words Melanie Rose* came to Australia in 2015 and married her Australian husband in 2018. Despite the emotional and physical abuse she suff...
19 May 2021
From domestic violence to homelessness, Megan is now on the road to recovery Words Holly Reed Like so many others, Megan* never thought it would happen to her. She never imagined she would need to esc...
11 May 2021
Emily is a long-term case manager at a Salvation Army crisis accommodation centre for women and children. She is also a victim-survivor of domestic and family violence. This is her story. Words Emily*...
9 May 2021
Exposing the myths of domestic and family violence Words Sonya Button May is Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Month – an annual event to raise community awareness of the social and perso...