Advocacy for safety and empowerment: State of knowledge paper (original) (raw)

2015

Abstract

Summary: This paper analyses critical, policy, service and research literature on responses to Aboriginal women experiencing family and domestic violence in Australia; focusing on non-legal and non-clinical services and women’s specialist services in regional and remote settings. It considers: critical writing, analysis and representation by Aboriginal women on family and domestic violence; literature on the evolution of responses to Aboriginal women experiencing family and domestic violence; and participatory research methods and how they can further open the ground for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women to debate ways of challenging violence and enable Aboriginal women to live violence-free. As a critical review, the paper highlights problems in using ideas of “effectiveness” and “success” to drive objectives in service delivery; and seeks to re-centre aspirations for empowerment alongside those for safety. This work is part of the ANROWS Landscapes series. ANROWS Landscapes (St...

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