UK: CPS makes commitment to male victims of sexual and domestic abuse

  06/09/2017 The Crown Prosecution Service has published its first ever public statement recognising the needs and experiences of male victims of offences including rape, domestic abuse, harassment, stalking and child sexual abuse. Many male victims of these crimes never come forward to report them to the police. This can be for a variety of

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UK: CPS to issue first-ever guidance for prosecutors on handling male victims of sexual and domestic abuse

Olivia Rudgard, Social Affairs Correspondent 6 September 2017 • 5:09pm Guidance for dealing with male victims of abuse will be sent to prosecutors for the first time as the CPS says they need specific protection in the same way as LGBT and black and ethnic minority people. Previously there had been no specialised guidance for

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Outgoing Family Court chief justice Bryant in push to reform

  Diana Bryant. The nation’s system of three separate federal courts is not the most efficient way to administer justice and scrapping the Family Court could be one way to save money, says the court’s outgoing chief. As she steps down, Family Court chief justice Diana Bryant has called for the Family Law Act to

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Family Court judge enters same-sex debate

Children need to be raised in an environment where they are ­surrounded by happy, loving ­relationships, and it does not ­matter whether their parents are of the same sex or heterosexual, says the nation’s most senior ­family law judge. Family Court Chief Justice Diana Bryant, who has presided over many hundreds of disputes involving broken

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Family law review to start in October

 The first full review of Australia’s family law system in 40 years will begin next week. It will be led by the Australian Law Reform Commission from October 1, Attorney-General George Brandis announced on Wednesday. He said the review was necessary and long overdue, given there had been no comprehensive look at the Family Law

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Why aren’t we talking about abusive mums?

NO ONE wants to talk about it. Society is totally in denial that women aren’t always victims. So why aren’t we talking about abusive mums? Corrine Barraclough Kidspot.com.auJune 19, 20175:12pm Abusive mothers are a very real problem and we have to start talking about it to be able to help.Source:istock DID you know children are

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Sofina Nikat killed daughter Sanaya Sahib in Melbourne park because she thought baby was ‘possessed’

By court reporter Emma Younger ABC News Posted 22 SepSeptember 2017 Sofina Nikat initially told police her daughter Sanaya Sahib had been abducted.(Facebook) A depressed woman who killed her baby at a park in Melbourne’s north-east because she thought her daughter was “possessed” has been released on bail to live in crisis accommodation after pleading

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SBS Insight looking for women who are violent

SBS INSIGHT https://www.facebook.com/InsightSBS/posts/10155657495850902 · 19 hrs · Are you a woman who has had violent tendencies? Have you now overcome those issues? To share your experiences please contact roje.augustin@sbs.com.au. Women Who Hit Men More common and serious than you think. marieclaire.com Perhaps the Insight program would benefit by asking for men to talk about the

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Women Who Hit Men

Chris Norris on a relationship trend that’s more common — and serious — than you think. Briana Morrison By Chris Norris Jan 6, 2008 I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I GOT punched by a girlfriend. It was during a fight on a New York City street corner, over a subject I’ve long since forgotten. But

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Infidelity, Cheating Wives – Women’s Infidelity

http://womensinfidelity.com/separation-women-why-women-separate.html The only place where you’ll find out the specific pattern women follow before divorcing their husbands       “After researching women’s sexuality for more than ten years, I can honestly say that many of our societal beliefs about females are grossly distorted and some are completely erroneous.”                                           –Michelle Langley, author

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