Engender Equality Service Brochure
A printable information brochure about Engender Equality services
AOD Worker’s Guide to Domestic and Family Violence
Domestic and Family Violence (DFV) affects many people in Australian society. The people you work with in Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) settings are at heightened risk of being affected by family violence, and you have a unique opportunity to assist them.
This resource aims to provide basic information to assist you in working with clients who may be experiencing domestic and family violence. Asking about violence and abuse is part of your role, and having a basic understanding of the dynamics of DFV will help you to be better equipped to identify and respond to clients who are experiencing DFV.
A Guide to Family Violence for Mental Health Professionals
This unique resource has been designed to assist mental health professionals to effectively support those they work with who are or have been impacted by family violence.
Family abuse survivor speaks out about Police Family Violence Orders
By Jess Flint
Posted to The Advocate online, 14/03/24 – 4:30pm (Updated 15/03/23)
Engender Equality released a report that explores the phenomenon of misidentification of predominant aggressors in Tasmania – put simply, this refers to incidents where a victim of abuse may be incorrectly identified as the perpetrator.
Contributing factors to misidentification may include instances where aggression was displayed as a response to abuse in retaliation, frustration, or self-defence.
The report noted that Tasmanian Police have the ability to issue on-the-spot PFVOs of up to 12 months. In other Australian jurisdictions, on-the-spot orders are temporary and last between 24 hours and 28 days.
Labor's Michelle O'Byrne says PFVO review 'entirely appropriate'
By Jess Flint
Posted to The Advocate online 15/03/23 – 6:34pm
Calls for a review into the application of Police Family Violence Orders (PFVO) have grown in response to concerns about the misidentification of family violence aggressors.
Woman living with autism is accused of being the aggressor
By Peter Vincent
Posted to Daily Mail Australia online 05/03/23 – 16:50 (Updated 05/03/23 15:24)
A woman living with autism phoned police for help after she was assaulted by her partner before she was mistakenly identified as the aggressor. Anna* was heaped with the blame despite her partner crushing her into a door at his home in southern Tasmania during an argument over money in 2021.
Her story comes after a report was released this week showing people who were mistakenly identified as aggressors were struggling to have their names cleared.
Police family violence orders are supposed to keep victims safe
By Hayley Gleeson
Posted by ABC News online 05/03/23 – 5:00am (Updated 05/03/23 – 10:51am)
For years domestic violence workers around Australia have been warning of a growing misidentification crisis: of mounting cases where police have mistaken the victim for the perpetrator and taken out an intervention order against them or charged them with criminal offences. Often it’s because female victims have presented as “hostile” or “hysterical” — or because they’ve fought back or defended themselves — and police haven’t gathered all the facts, or dug into the couple’s history of coercive control, or realised an abuser is trying to manipulate the system.