Research Reports
Raped by a Partner :
A research report
Partner Rape DVD This is an educational film for health and legal professionals, for women affected by partner rape, for men's groups and for the community.
|
Towards A More Resilient and Safer Victoria The Victorian government put out a Green Paper aimed at reforming the State's crisis and emergency management arrangements to create a more disaster resilient and safer Victoria. WHGNE has responded with a submission reflecting the agencies work re: women experiencing bushfire and disaster, including recommendations to improve women-centred and gender sensitive responses.
|
Beating the Flames: Women escaping and surviving Black Saturday
Some made the decision to leave early and returned to a community changed physically and emotionally forever. Read the stories of 21 women in Beating The Flames or download our PDF File attached.
|
Women Gathering: A literature review
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.
|
A Road Less Travelled: Voices of 21 teenage mothers from the country
|
A Powerful Journey: A Research Report Women reflect on what helped them leave.
A Powerful Journey: Stories of women leaving violent situations. These are the complete stories as told to the researchers. 112p, 2004, $50.00 pair.
Twelve of the stories are also available on CD. $15 each |
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:
Insights from rural women with breast cancer.
Woman to Woman: Breast Cancer Research to Reality ~ Easier Said than Done?
|
||
When the Wind Blows:
|
Empowerment:
|
There is no disability in women's hearts: 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.
|
Submission to the National Human Rights Consultation
|
Exposed: a literature review of the issues of women's cancers in Australian Aboriginal communities.
|
Our Vote Counts : Stories of Aboriginal Women's Voting Experience
Six women were interviewed on film by younger Aboriginal women who learnt, that for some Aboriginal people, getting the vote, (some sixty years later than Victorian women), did not seem relevant to their lives.
|
On Black Saturday many women were left alone, often with children, to escape or fight the sudden fires.
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. 
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.
This report features work that is a partnership between women with disabilities and health practitioners working for health promotion and education. 41p, 2004
This report explores how Aboriginal women experience cancer, with a lens on the rural Hume region of Victoria.
