Latest News on Violence Against Women
This page lists Roundtable news, recent media coverage of violence against women, upcoming events, and other items of interest.February 2010
Victims of Domestic Violence Lobby group, It's Still Not OK! issues their report identifying
areas where New Zealand government departments and legal systems are
letting down victims of domestic
abuse and making it
difficult for them to leave abusive situations and rebuild their lives.
Download Protecting victims, rebuilding lives, sending the right message (It's Still Not OK!, February 2010) [PDF 654 KB].
Visit the It's Still Not OK! web page.April 2009
Two new reports on violence against women in New Zealand"It's not OK": New Zealand's efforts to eliminate violence against women / New York: Leitner Centre for International Law and Justice at the Fordham Law School, New York.
Violence Against Women in Aotearoa New Zealand: the case for an integrated plan of action [PDF: 412KB] / Wellington: Roundtable on Violence Against Women, 2009.
Media Coverage of Violence Against Women
See our special page on media coverage of the Tony Veitch case
Domestic Violence in the Spotlight [video: 6'13], TVNZ Breakfast, 17 April
Womens Refuge: Veitch plea step in right direction, NZPA, 16 April
Custody battles and the Leitner Report: Legal Comment, [audio 13′35″]
NZ Violence Laws Under Scrutiny, NZ Herald, 15 April
Domestic Violence: we're onto it, say the police, Radio NZ, 14 AprilUS Researchers investigate Kiwi Domestic Violence
Violence in New Zealand [audio 29'55"] Nine to Noon, Radio NZ, 14 April
New Zealand slated on Domestic Violence, Sunday Star Times, 12 April
Roundtable Event: Lunchtime Forum and Launch of the Leitner Report
Violence Against Women - A matter of human rights. How is New Zealand Performing?
Tuesday 14 April, Noon, National Network of Stopping Violence Services, Level 5 , Outwide House, 65 Taranaki St, Wellington.
The Roundtable on Violence Against Women brings you a Lunchtime Forum.
A team from the Leitner Center for International Law and Justice at Fordham Law School, New York, has spent the last year studying domestic violence in New Zealand from a human rights perspective.
Their research report will be released at this forum.
Jorge Contesse, the center’s 2007-08 Crowley Fellow in International Human Rights, will talk about the Report's findings and recommendations.
Tea and coffee provided – bring your own lunch
R.S.V.P. would be useful, thanks!
Roundtable on Violence Against
Women, PO Box 24332, Te
Whanga-nui-a-Tara / Wellington or Email
us. This page last updated April 2009.