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Family Dispute Resolution in Australia: The Under‐Servicing of Indigenous, Migrant and Refugee Families Experiencing Family Violence

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Improving access to legal services for Indigenous, migrant and refugee women is critical to addressing family violence. In this context, Family Dispute Resolution (FDR) has long been discussed as a solution for separating families. This paper presents key findings of a research evaluation of an Australian Government $8.37 million pilot project
Siobhan McDonnell, Alyson Wright
wiley   +1 more source

Workplace violence in a large correctional health service in New South Wales, Australia: a retrospective review of incident management records

BMC Health Services Research, 2012
Background Little is known about workplace violence among correctional health professionals. This study aimed to describe the patterns, severity and outcomes of incidents of workplace violence among employees of a large correctional health service, and ...
Cashmore Aaron W, Indig Devon, Hampton Stephen E, Hegney Desley G, Jalaludin Bin B   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Women's lived experience of verbal violence in the family (Case study: women in Kashan) [PDF]

زن در فرهنگ و هنر, 2017
Although there is less physical violence in the new world than there was in the past, verbal violence is less visible because it has always been hidden and not recognized in the cultural structure of society due to some cultural reasons.
Mehran Sohrabzadeh, Fatemeh Mansoriyan Ravandi   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘We Are Australia’: Unpacking Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People's Understandings and Experiences of Australian Identity

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are the oldest living custodians in the world. However, Australian identity has been purposefully established to exclude Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, contributing to systemic oppression and harmful consequences. Understanding the perspectives and experiences of Aboriginal and Torres
Jack Farrugia, Jonathan Bullen
wiley   +1 more source

Australia's Migration Strategy: An Effective Response to Migrant Worker Exploitation?

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A series of publicised migrant worker injuries and deaths has drawn attention to the issue of migrant worker exploitation (MWE) in Australia. In response, the Australian Government has included ‘Tackling Worker Exploitation’ as a key area of its Migration Strategy which it introduced in 2023. However, it is unclear how effective the Strategy’s
Evelyn Dowling, Alexandra Ridgway
wiley   +1 more source

Are nurses verbally abused? A cross-sectional study of nurses at a university hospital, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia

Journal of Family and Community Medicine, 2017
BACKGROUND: Workplace violence against health-care workers is a significant problem worldwide. Nurses are at a higher risk of exposure to violence. Studies available in Saudi Arabia are few.
Nouf A Al-Shamlan, Nithya Jayaseeli, Moneera M Al-Shawi, Abdullah S Al-Joudi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘Shelter is a Dignity’: Rental Racism, Stress and Housing (In)justice

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Australia's private rental sector is in crisis, and culturally and racially minoritised renters face compounded harms through both covert and everyday direct forms of rental racism. Drawing on five community‐based focus groups in Melbourne (n = 37), the paper explores how racism manifests across the rental pathway and how it structures the ...
Erika Martino, Ilan Wiesel, Ang Li, Rebecca Bentley   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Verbal abuse of nurses by physicians in a private sector setting

Curationis, 2005
The aim of the study was to determine whether physicians in a private sector setting verbally abuse nurses, and to what extent. A review of the literature showed that verbal abuse by physicians accounts for the highest incidence of aggression towards ...
E Joubert, A du Rand, N van Wyk
doaj   +1 more source

Developing a critical caste analysis within information science and technology: A research review: An Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST) paper

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Caste—an ascriptive social hierarchy in South Asia and its diaspora—is a globalized phenomenon. Recent caste‐based discrimination, particularly in technology companies and anti‐caste efforts to address it, has compelled academia, policy, and the technology industry to better understand contemporary mechanics of caste.
Nayana Kirasur, Britt Paris
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Parental Verbal Abuse on Adolescent Decision-Making in North Binjai, Indonesia

Ascarya
Verbal abuse by parents can significantly affect adolescents' decision-making abilities. This qualitative study investigated the experiences of five adolescents aged 16-20 years in North Binjai, Indonesia who were subjected to verbal violence by their ...
Sabrina Dwi Putri, Muhammad Putra Dinata Saragi   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source