March calls for end to sexual and domestic violence
Mon 15 Sep 2014
Hundreds of people joined a march to Parliament calling for better systems, resources and laws to address sexual and domestic violence today. The ...
Hundreds of people joined a march to Parliament calling for better systems, resources and laws to address sexual and domestic violence today.
The New Zealand Herald reported, "Those participating in the lunchtime march included social workers, nurses, schoolchildren, students, and men like Wellington's Dave Currie, who said a culture of machismo and domestic abuse was causing 'unbelievable and silent pain' across New Zealand."
Women's Refuge expressed disppointment that an earlier agreement for a statue of Kate Sheppard to be house or displayed at Parliament was withdrawn. The statue was created as part of their Bring Back Kate campaign.
The march was organised by Women’s Refuge, Te Ohaakii a Hine - National Network Ending Sexual Violence Together, Shakti, Relationships Aotearoa, The Pacific Islands Safety and Prevention Project, National Network of Stopping Violence Services and the Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Supervised Contact Services.
Members of Shakti Community Council from Auckland, Bay of Plenty, Christchurch and Dunedin joined their Wellington group to participate in the march.
Media:
Domestic violence rally heckles Hekia, 15.09.2014
Labour backs Kate and so should National, Press Release: New Zealand Labour Party, Scoop, 15.09.2014
March on Parliament protests against level of domestic and sexual violence, Scoop, 15.09.2014
Hundreds protest against domestic violence and child abuse, NZ Herald, 15.09.2014
Anti-domestic violence march in Wellington, Newstalk ZB, 15.09.2014
Women's Refuge 'let down' by u-turn over Kate Sheppard statue, One News, 15.09.2014
No place at parliament for Kate Sheppard, MSN News, 15.09.2014
Parliament rejects Kate Sheppard statue, 3 News, 14.09.2014
Women to march on Parliament, Stuff, 12.09.2014
Hundreds to join domestic, sexual violence march, Press Release: Women's Refuge, 02.09.2014
Image: Women's Refuge
Image: Women's Refuge