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 Raped by a Partner: A research report
Qualitative research including interviews with 21 women, 30 police officers and 23 health professionals. Partner rape is a crime punishable by 25 years imprisonment (Crimes (Amendment) Act 1985)
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Know it exists
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Name it as rape
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Educate how to respond to women presenting with experiences of
partner rape
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Hold men accountable for partner rape
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Prevent it through education
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Increase services to rural areas
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Purposive Survey 2006 
This is a resource for the ongoing improvement of health services to women. We anticipate people will draw from this body of evidence when applying for funding or planning future work.
30p, 2006
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Young Women's Health Handbook 2007: demographic and  health status information about women 15-24
The information in this handbook will inform agencies, service providers and individuals within the Hume region about the health status of young women, crating a starting point for change, helping you with writing submissions and collating statistics.
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 A Road Less Travelled: Voices of 21 teenage mothers from the country
This research heard directly from young women about their experiences. A peer research model was developed where young mothers interviewed each other in a narrative interviewing style. The findings leave the reader in no doubt about what it is like for these young, rural mothers. 67p, 2007
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Women Gathering:A literature review
is an inspirational read. It is a call to social arms, to reach for the phone, put the kettle on, knock on the neighbour’s door or head to the pub with a friend. It has inspired us at Women’s Health Goulburn North East to develop the Women Gathering project where, along with local women around the Hume region, we discuss the issues arising from Sally’s publication and, together we’ll work out the best ways for women to get together, get to know each other and keep these new (and old) relationships alive.
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Women Gathering in Dry Times - Make it Happen!
A resource for organisers and facilitators of Women gathering programs and events
"If the wheels fall off women, they fall off the community" The advise from mental health agencies became "stay connected" keep up friendships; make time to be with people. Recent research confirms that the more friends we have, the better off we are, both mentally and physically.
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Powerful Journey:A
Research Report Women reflect on what helped them
leave.
This is a qualitative research project to hear from
women about their experiences of leaving violent situations
in the Hume region. Women told us what is useful,
as well as what has not been useful to them in seeking
help to leave violent situations. 43pp, 2004.
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A
Powerful Journey: Stories
of women leaving violent situations.
These are the complete stories as told to the researchers.
112p, 2004, $50.00 pair.
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Twelve of the stories are also available on CD. $??
 Real
Life:
Relationship Education & Awareness for Life
Manual.
A schools program aimed at preventing relationship
violence and supporting young people to experience
positive rewarding relationships.
The program has been designed to be delivered to
year 8 students and to be incorporated into existing
year 8 curriculum. 56p, 2003, $15.00. PDF Copy...
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 Empowerment:
Women’s sexual health through education a
peer leadership model.
This report features work that is a partnership
between women with disabilities and health practitioners
working for health promotion and education. 41p,
2004, PDF copy...
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Women’s Health Handbook 2005
This handbook is a resource for the ongoing improvement
of planning, delivering and evaluating health services
to women in Hume region. The first section focuses
on provision of data to help inform our work. The
second section is a discussion of the challenges
that face us, together with evidence from local
sources and research. 40p, 2004, PDF copy...
 Woman
to Woman:
A research report on the experience of rural woman
with breast cancer and implications for the provision
of health services.
Woman to Woman is a qualitative participatory research
designed to explore the effects of breast cancer
and breast cancer treatment on rural women. The
women were asked to reflect on the effect of breast
cancer on their lives generally and on the nature
and quality of the services they received. They
spoke about what was helpful to them and gave their
views on how services may be further enhanced. 70p,
2004.
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Woman to Woman:
Insights
from rural women with breast cancer.
In depth interviews with 20 women with breast cancer.
These are their stories. 72 pp, 2004
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Woman to Woman: Breast Cancer Research to Reality ~ Easier Said than Done?
Evaluation Report April 2008
This report evaluates the initiatives of the BreastScreen Van Women's Cancers Project occurring between March 2006 and November 2007. It follows on from work recorded in two previous reports. The specific objectives set for the BreastScreen Van Women's Cancers Project were: Download PDF copy...
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When the Wind Blows: 
An ethnographic study of one woman's learning difficulites and her experience of having a baby. 28 p, 2007
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 Pandora's Box Resource Guide
The resource contains information on a variety of services situated in the Hume region who specialise in dealing with family violence and disability.
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There is no disability in women's hearts
Count
Me Two Project: A Project about Sexual Health for Women with an Intellectual Disability, Final report, 2002
A project about Sexual Health for Women with
an Intellectual Disability. Final Report.
This action research project has sought to discover
barriers to sexual health and to identify or develop
strategies that potentially improve sexual health
for women with an intellectual disability. Project
worker Kerry Burns 63 pp, 2002.
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Information Sheets
Women in the 21st Century
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series about the status of women's rights and equality |
Are women's policies and women's issues irrelevant? with Anne Summers
* Significant Australian legislation
* Ripped Off!! The Howard Govt did this.
* Acting up 10 ways to change the world
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Striking the Balance: Women, men, work and family with Pru Goward
* Australian's economic growth is increasingly dependent on female workforce participation
* A glance at working rights for women
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I know. But I do not approve. and I am not resigned. with Senator Lyn Allison
* Current state of women's health policies
* A glance at reproductive rights for women
* We can lobby successfully
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Many women do not recognize themselves as discriminated against: no better proof could be found of the totality of their conditioning.
* Federal sex discrimination laws
* A glance at a centruy of struggle
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Suppose she thinks for herself.
* Victorian women vote 1908 - 2008
* National Sorry Day
* Victorian law Reform Commission's Review of termination of Pregnancy
*National Women's Health Policy
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Family
Violence Resource Guide for Goulburn Valley and North
East Victoria.
This guide lists all the agencies,
their phone number and the key service they offer.
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Women's Health Clinics for Goulburn Valley & North East Victoria
Where to access information on Contraception, Well women's Clinics, Ante-natal/Prenatal classes, Termination options, Reproductive Choices, Health Screens, Pap Clinics & other health issues.
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You are first line support!
For any workers who have contact with families with
babies. What you say and do makes a very real difference
to the lives of women who are mothering a baby. This
brochure invites you to reflect on the impact that
your want to have and encourages you to strive to
achieve it. It will take five minutes to read this
brochure. It's worth every second.
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Create space for mums to talk
Many women talk about not having space and encouragement
to talk about their real emotions and experiences.
The activities described here can be used to generate
discussion in groups or individually. They don't need
to be run by specialist.
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