Law's indifference to women's experience of violence: Colonial and contemporary Australia

Ailwood, Sarah; Easteal, Patricia; Kennedy, Jessica A.

doi:10.1016/j.wsif.2012.02.010

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“…Overall, research in legal systems has demonstrated that laws have historically changed and improved outcomes for women in some areas, but emphasises that these systems are still resistant to hearing women's voices (Ailwood, Easteal and Kennedy 2012). Legal researchers have argued (particularly from a feminist framework) that feminist perspectives are critical to understand and respond to violence inside IJCJSD 10(4) 2021 and outside legal institutions, often proposing legal reform or ideas on addressing violence without engaging with legal institutions, because feminists understand the legal system as frequently engaged in silencing and victimising women (Auchmuty and Van Marle 2012;Carrington et al 2020;Kaladelfos and Featherstone 2014).…”

Section: Understanding Domestic and Family Violence And Legal Responsesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Whenever women are silenced by perpetrator isolation techniques or the law, and justice systems fail to listen, it is likely that the law will have a limited effect in eliminating DFV (Ailwood, Easteal and Kennedy 2012). Nevertheless, the law remains important in addressing violence, and women continue to turn to legal responses searching for empowerment (Auchmuty and Van Marle 2012;Douglas 2012).…”

Section: Understanding Domestic and Family Violence And Legal Responsesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Navigating the Family Law Provisions: Migrant Women’s Voices

Jelinic

2021

Int J for Crime, Justice & Social Democracy

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This article considers the voices of migrant women engaging with Home Affairs to guarantee permanent residency (PR) in Australia after experiencing domestic violence. Data collected from longitudinal interviews with 20 participants were considered, with two participants’ stories analysed in detail. The research indicates how the legal immigration system is set up in a way that does not listen to women and disadvantages them. Particular issues pointed out include extended timelines, lack of concern for cultural differences and inconsistencies in the process, and how they affect women undermining the goal of the law, which is to protect migrants from sponsors’ violence.

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Section: Understanding Domestic and Family Violence And Legal Responsesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Understanding Domestic and Family Violence And Legal Responsesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Navigating the Family Law Provisions: Migrant Women’s Voices

Jelinic

2021

Int J for Crime, Justice & Social Democracy

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“…Equally distressing and difficult for many women who experience such violence is that their experience is rejected and ignored by their families and communities, and by the institutions and agencies of the state. Many studies of violence against women report that the women experience rejection and hostility from their own families, from police and courts, from colleagues and employers, from health and service providers (Ailwood, Easteal, & Kennedy, 2012;Drigo, Ehlschlaeger, & Sweet, 2012;Jasinski, 2010;Rowntree, 2010). Denial is the cause, betrayal is the experience.…”

Section: Citizenship Sexual Politics and Ignorancementioning

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The sexual politics of citizenship and violence

Franzway

2016

Women's Studies International Forum

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a b s t r a c t a r t i c l e i n f o Available online xxxxViolence against women appears to be endemic even in those societies where women have formal and equal citizenship. The influential theorist of citizenship, T.H. Marshall, found the status of women, or at least married women to be 'in some important respects peculiar'. Women in social democratic societies seem to have overcome those peculiarities and achieved full citizenship. And yet women's rights as citizens continue to be undermined by violence, specifically gender-based violence. In order to address the question about the apparent failure of citizenship rights to protect women from persistent violence this paper will suggest that the state is integral to our understandings as well as to any useful strategies for change. Based on the argument that citizenship is defined and practiced in terms of the sexual politics of contested gender relations, the paper argues that the state connects citizenship and violence. The persistence of violence against women is implicated in the sexual politics of citizenship. Hence, the challenge of violence against women is recognised as an issue for the state, citizenship and the whole community. Campaigns to recognise this challenge are becoming valuable sources of agency and activism as can be seen in recent campaigns and heightened media attention.

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Media-Based Social Work as a Modality for the Enhancement of Public Awareness of Violence against Women: A Comparative Analysis of Two Cases Covered by the Israeli Media during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Ben-Shlomo,

Levin-Keini,

Primor

2024

The British Journal of Social Work

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Utilising framing theory and conceptual metaphor theory, the present study delves into how media can aid social workers in enhancing public awareness of social problems. A comparative content analysis was conducted, focusing on two Israeli cases involving the attempted murder of women by their partners during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Of the 570 reports analysed, 210 reports focused on the two cases of attempted murder of women by their partners. The first case received only episodic framing in contrast to the second case, which transitioned from episodic framing to thematic framing, leading to noteworthy social and legislative changes. Three transformative factors were identified as contributors to the shift in media coverage: the timing of the event; the willingness of the victim to be interviewed and the presence of a family member or professional accompanying the media story. This study also underscores the importance of understanding the metaphorical language employed by the media in influencing public awareness. On a practical level, the findings of the study offer insights into the essential elements of media-based social work that can foster the recognition of social problems and their prevention, complementing other social work interventions.

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Law's indifference to women's experience of violence: Colonial and contemporary Australia

Cited by 5 publications

References 9 publications

Navigating the Family Law Provisions: Migrant Women’s Voices

Navigating the Family Law Provisions: Migrant Women’s Voices

The sexual politics of citizenship and violence

Media-Based Social Work as a Modality for the Enhancement of Public Awareness of Violence against Women: A Comparative Analysis of Two Cases Covered by the Israeli Media during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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