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1、Building the EvidenceA report on the status of policy and practice in responding to violence against women with disabilities in VictoriaLucy HealeyKeran HoweCathy HumphreysChris JenningsFelicity JulianJuly 2008ISBN 978-0-646-49704-4National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entryPublis
2、hed by the Victorian Women with Disabilities Network Advocacy Information Service, Level 1, 123 Lonsdale St Melbourne 3000Graphics: Margaret KrajncCopyright: Womens Health Victoria and Victorian Women with Disabilities Network, 2008Disclaimer: Given that a number of the report recommendations relate
3、 to government departments and agencies, Victorian Government representatives on the Reference Group limited their advice to comments regarding factual and technical information contained in the draft reports. Consequently, the recommendations contained in the report reflect the views of the Victori
4、an Women with Disabilities Network Advocacy Information Service, not the Victorian Government. Whilst every attempt has been made to seek and correct factual and technical information, all errors of omission or commission rest entirely with the authors of this report.For copies of this report in alt
5、ernative formats. Please download from www.vwdn.org.au, email vwdnvwdn.org.au or phone 03 96623755This research has been undertaken as a collaboration between The Victorian Women with Disabilities Network Advocacy Information Service, a partnership of Womens Health Victoria and Victorian Women with
6、Disabilities Network; Alfred Felton Research Program, University of Melbourne and Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria 3AcknowledgementsThe support and involvement of many individuals and organisations in this research project are gratefully acknowledged. In particular, we wish to thank the wo
7、men who agreed to be interviewed about their help-seeking experiences in dealing with the violence they lived with; workers in the family violence and disability sectors who provided input into the research; members of the projects Reference Group who provided advice and corrected factual and techni
8、cal errors; and many other individuals who provided assistance during the research and feedback on all or part of the report.We would like to thank the Reichstein Foundation for providing the funding to the Victorian Women with Disabilities Network Advocacy Information Service to undertake this rese
9、arch. We are also grateful to the Department of Human Services for providing additional funding that allowed us to extend the time and scope of the project.Lucy HealeyResearch Coordinator,Building the Evidence Project, VWDN AISForeword There are many people whose day-to-day experiences remain invisi
10、ble to the broader community, with the acts perpetrated against them seemingly going unnoticed. Even when we do realise what is happening, knowing the best way to respond to the complexities of individual experience can be difficult to determine individually and systemically. It can take a long time
11、 to catch up and work out what has to be done. The evidence in this report is chilling, not only because of the extent to which women with a disability are experiencing violence, but also because it has taken so long to properly identify the problem and consider solutions. The authors, contributing
12、organisations and Reichstein Foundation are to be commended for supporting and developing this initiative, and particularly for constructing its recommendations within a human rights framework.This human rights framework is significant. Whilst such an approach is not yet familiar, Victoria has recen
13、tly enacted a Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities, protecting rights and requiring that public authorities act compatibly with those rights. In this context, it is crucial for the Victorian community to develop an understanding of the importance of a human rights-based approach in keeping g
14、overnment accountable and in building a culture of human rights in this State. A human rights-based approach involves a consideration of both “what” we will do, and “how” we are going to do it. In relation to violence against women with disabilities, it requires consideration of the rights of these
15、women to be secure, free from cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, to have their privacy respected and their right to life upheld.A human rights-based approach will assist to improve womens access to services and the quality of service they receive. It will offer a useful framework for dealing with the complex and challenging issues that arise in the interplay between disability and experiences of violence, which have often conspired to render these women invisible, powerless and silent. In short, a human rights-based approa
