Submission in relation to the consultation draft of Change for Children: [Tasmania's 10 year Child Sexual Abuse Strategy] - September, 2024
This submission is in relation to the ‘consultation draft’ of Change for Children: “Tasmania’s 10 year strategy for upholding the rights of children by preventing, identifying and responding to child sexual abuse”. It has been developed utilising the practice wisdom and lived expertise of Engender Equality staff and contractors, and that of Tasmania’s Family and Sexual Violence Alliance (FSVA).
Harming or threatening pets would be a family violence offence under Tasmanian independent MPs push
By Sophie Jaggers
Posted to ABC News, 05/08/24 – 8:59am (Updated 05/08/24 – 11:57am)
Independent MP David O’Byrne is proposing a change to Tasmania’s family violence laws to include harming, or threatening to harm, animals as a form of family violence.
Support services say instances of threats to harm pets are “incredibly common” in abusive relationships.
Mr O’Byrne plans to table his proposal in state parliament this week, with the government saying it is willing to “consider” the legislation and let parliament decide.
Independent, David O'Byrne is set to table a new bill in Parliament aimed at protecting people and pets fleeing family violence
Broadcast on Nightly News 7 Tasmania, 04/08/24
Independent, David O’Byrne is set to table a new bill in Parliament this week aimed at protecting people and pets fleeing family violence. It comes at a time when coercive control is rife amongst communities, with Tasmania looking to fall in line with legislation in other states.
Tasmania remembers domestic violence victims with candlelight vigils
By Pulse Tasmania, 01/05/24 – 7:00pm
Hundreds of Tasmanians gathered in Hobart, Launceston and Ulverstone to remember victims of domestic violence.
Families of victim survivors joined advocates and community members in lighting candles to honour those who have lost their lives on the national day of remembrance.
The invisible epidemic of brain injuries among domestic violence survivors
By Stephanie Wood
Posted to PRIMER, 2023
Domestic violence is frighteningly common. Now experts are worried that many women who sustain head trauma suffer from undiagnosed brain injuries.
Engender Equality Annual Report 2021/22
Welcome to the Engender Equality 2021/22 Annual Report.
Submission on the Criminal Code Amendment Bill 2022, February 2022
Engender Equality stands with the Tasmanian specialist family violence sector in support of the Criminal Code Amendment Bill 2022 (the Bill).
We welcome with particular enthusiasm the introduction of strangulation as a stand-alone criminal offence in Tasmania. This new offence allows the Tasmanian criminal-justice system to prosecute acts of strangulation, choking and suffocation in a manner that is commensurate with the severe physical and psychological harm they effect. We acknowledge with gratitude the tireless work of family violence survivor and Engender Equality Advocate Deborah Thomson in campaigning for this meaningful legislative reform.
Engender Equality Annual Report 2020/21
Welcome to the Engender Equality 2020/21 Annual Report.
Engender Equality Annual Report 2019/20
Welcome to the Engender Equality 2019/20 Annual Report.