NZFVC Quick Reads: 10 June 2024

NZFVC Quick Reads: 10 June 2024

Welcome to our Quick Reads format. Each week we share selected news bites relevant to family violence and sexual violence in Aotearoa. See all past NZFVC Quick reads.

Recording available for A Litany of Sound Revisited webinar

The recording from our webinar, Kōrero and reflections about Violence within Whānau and Mahi Tūkino — A Litany of Sound Revisited, is now available. This webinar brought together 4 speakers to continue the kōrero from Violence within Whānau and Mahi Tūkino – A Litany of Sound Revisited (2024), reflecting on research and real-life expertise. The speakers include the author of the book, Denise Wilson, along with Poata Watene, Ngarongo Eaton and Te Whetu Mairangi (Whetu Horo) Balzer-Horo.

Ministry of Justice reports on crime and victimisation, and youth justice

The Ministry of Justice has released 2 reports. 5 years of insights on crime and victimisation in Aotearoa (2024), which includes insights on family violence, uses data from the last 5 years of the NZ Crime and Victims Survey to provide a fuller picture of crime and victimisation in Aotearoa. Youth Justice Indicators Summary Report (2024) uses data from New Zealand Police and Oranga Tamariki and includes information about: when children and young people that offend enter the system, how they interact with the system, and if they reoffend.

Guide on anti-transgender extremism

Gender Minorities Aotearoa has published Anti-transgender Extremism: Identifying, preventing, and countering anti-transgender extremism (2024). This guide provides practical advice on recognising, preventing, and countering anti-transgender extremism, with a focus on keeping community events safe from anti-transgender violence. For information on reporting anti-transgender violence to the Police, see their Hate-motivated crime webpage.

Report explores the experiences of family violence specialists in Australia

A report from the Australian-based Paul Ramsey Foundation has been released, Passionate, relentless, grassroots problem-solving: Insights from the Field of Domestic and Family Violence Specialist Support (2024). This report, produced by Innovation Unit, draws on conversations with 31 non-First Nations-led organisations and explores professional experiences of working with specialist cohorts and communities around domestic and family violence support and prevention, as well as the wider shifts in support and conditions needed in Australia. A second report from ResearchCrowd who is working with First Nations-led organisations is forthcoming.

Global statistics on online child sexual exploitation

Childlight, a global data institute, has released findings from their research into the estimated prevalence of online child sexual exploitation victims and offenders, and the scale and nature of child sexual abuse material online. The Into the Light Index report draws on data from national surveys, research and practice, and intends to track and update this data over time. Deborah Fry, professor of international child protection research and Childlight’s director of data, summarised findings in her Conversation article. Based on 125 representative studies published between 2011 and 2023, they estimate one in eight children – 302 million young people – have experienced online sexual abuse and exploitation in a one year period.

UN Committee seeking input on children’s access to justice

The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child is drafting general comment No. 27 on children’s rights to access justice and effective remedies. The Committee is seeking feedback to clarify terms, approaches and actions States should take in order to implement the right of all children to access justice and effective remedies. The concept note contains more information on the issue but notes that children and young people’s access to justice applies to more than the criminal justice system. Submissions are due by 23 August 2024.