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Partnerships Phase 2 Priority Areas

In 1999, the Commonwealth committed a further $25 million to a second phase of Partnerships, which ran until June 2005. Projects conducted under this phase focus on six priority areas:

Community education
Indigenous family violence
Children experiencing domestic violence
Men who use violence
Services for women
Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse

Community education

Community awareness is a vital element in preventing domestic violence by challenging the myths about domestic violence; informing victims of their rights and available support and enabling friends, family and work colleagues to respond appropriately and supportively.

Under Partnerships Phase 2, funding was allocated to a number of community awareness campaigns:

• making noise
  
• A Business Approach
  
• national campaign for the elimination of violence against women: Violence Against Women - Australia Says NO
  

Indigenous family violence

Under Partnerships Phase 2 funding was allocated to the Indigenous Family Violence Grants Programme. This programme aimed at reducing the level of family violence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities by providing practical and flexible support to community-based grassroots projects.

Children experiencing domestic violence

Funding under Partnerships Phase 2 was used to focus on prevention and early intervention work to improve the wellbeing of children who are affected by domestic violence.

Based on findings from Partnerships Phase 1, a range of projects have been developed to reduce the intergenerational transmission of violence and better integrate policies and programmes.

Projects included:

• Working with Children - a scoping study of services and resources for working with children and developing best practice
  
• Development of strength-based models for working with children affected by domestic violence
  
• Development of best practice guidelines for workers who have first-point of contact with children affected by domestic violence
  

Men who use violence

Under Partnerships Phase 2, funding was provided to build the knowledge base regarding effective approaches for working with people who perpetrate domestic violence, as one part of an integrated approach to domestic violence prevention and response.

Projects in this area addressed both the programme response and the infrastructure support required to optimise outcomes of work to change violent behaviour and to reduce the incidence of domestic violence.

A number of priorities were identified for this area of funding, including:

• an investigation of integrated responses such as those modelled on the Duluth principles or the Hamilton approach in New Zealand
  
• parallel programmes
  
• the assessment of stand alone services such as men's groups which address the use of violence
  
• the development of evaluation frameworks
  
• the development of training and service standards
  
• the exploration of approaches in indigenous and non-English speaking background communities
  

Six projects have been completed:

• A comparative assessment to identify, map and assess good practice interventions in services for men who perpetrate domestic violence
  
• A review of programmes using integrated approaches to intervention for men, women and children
  
• An exploration of ways of enabling women affected by domestic violence to remain safely at home
  
• A national audit of training programmes for people who work with perpetrators
  
• Development of national competency standards and training for those working with perpetrators
  
• Indigenous approaches in urban and regional cities
  

Services for Women

Under Partnerships Phase 2, funding was provided to develop and implement projects focusing on:

• early intervention for women seeking help with an abusive relationship
  
• outreach work with women and their children who choose to remain in their own homes
  
• identifying and responding to the needs of women and children who seek assistance from women's refuges
  
• possibility of collaborative work with men's services
  o the development and promotion of new service models.
  

Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse

Under Partnerships Phase 2, funding continued for the Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse, delivered by the Centre for Gender-Related Violence Studies at the University of New South Wales.

The Clearinghouse:

• provides a central point for the collection of information on Australian domestic violence policies; practices and research information; and relevant information relating to other countries
  
• produces newsletters about projects and publications and publishes in-depth research on topical issues through a series of Issues papers - these are available free of charge
  
• provides publications and information about good practice projects in response to requests by phone (02 9385 2990) or email clearinghouse@unsw.edu.au
  
• website contains user friendly searchable databases on good practice projects and publications.