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1996 Department of Social Welfare Family Violence Unit established
Department of Social Welfare Family Violence Unit established
1996 Hitting Home survey (Leibrich, Paulin and Ransom 1995) published
Hitting Home survey (Leibrich, Paulin & Ransom, Department of Justice in association with AGB McNair, 1995) published
1996: The proceedings of rape: Ten years' progress? An interdisciplinary conference held
1996 United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence against Women established
United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence against Women established by UN General Assembly resolution 50/16, administered by UN Women since 2010
1995 Guardianship Amendment Act 1995 introduced a presumption that parents who use violence should not have unsupervised access to their children.
Guardianship Amendment Act 1995 introduced a presumption that parents who use violence should not have unsupervised access to their children. This amendment along with the principal act repealed by the Care of Children Act 2004
1995 Men for Non-Violence changes to Te Kupenga Whakaoti Mahi Patunga/National Network of Stopping Violence Services, becomes a co-gendered and bicultural organisaton and commits to a focus on women's and children's safety
Men for Non-Violence changes to Te Kupenga Whakaoti Mahi Patunga/National Network of Stopping Violence Services, becomes a co-gendered and bicultural organisaton and commits to a focus on women's and children's safety
1995 Beijing Platform for Action (Fourth World Conference on Women) launched
Beijing Platform for Action (Fourth World Conference on Women) launched
1995 Report on lesbian violence: domestic violence: the hidden face of domestic violence
Report on lesbian violence : the hidden face of domestic violence (Brown, 1995). Prepared for National Collective of Independent Women's Refuges, Family Violence Unit, Department of Social Welfare and Sociology Department, University of Canterbury
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