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We will give you the key to break the cycle of violence

Marlborough Women’s Refuge are
accountable to:
National Collective of Independent Women’s Refuges (NCIWR)
Community Office 5779939
24/7 Crisis Line:
0800 Refuge (0800 733843)
www.womensrefuge.org.nz

Other Services Provided
24 hour, 7 days a week, crisis phone line.
Safe emergency accommodation
Information about your legal rights, Protection Orders, benefits, housing.
Referrals to lawyers, doctors, counselors
We can go with you to appointments with Work and Income, Lawyers, Courts, Children and Young Persons, Housing Agencies, Police
Support in your own home or community
Help to get out of town - there are
Refuges all over the country.
These services are available to women in the community as well as those who come into our safe - house.
Supported by:
NCIWR
Ministry of Social Development
Marlborough District Council Redwood Trust
Canterbury Community Trust Internal Affairs

Women’s Refuge, Sexual Assault Resource Centre Marlborough Inc

“Steps to Freedom”

Womens Education
Programme

Group and Individual
Programmes Available

Course Outline
Session 1 What is Family Violence?
Session 2 Tactics of Abusers
Session 3 Victim Blaming
Session 4 Effects of Violence on
Women
Session 5 Structural Analysis
Session 6 Survival tactics
Session 7 Domestic Violence Act 1995
Session 8 Effects of Violence on
Children
Session 9 Communications &
Boundaries
Session 10 Safety Plan & Freedom
10 X 2 hour sessions

Primary Objectives
“To protect all women from Family Violence by Education, Information,
Supports and Options”
To empower women to deal with To raise women’s awareness
the effects of Family violence of the social, cultural and Historical
By educating, informing, supporting context in which Family violence
And building self esteem occurs in order to help put past
experiences into perspective
To increase the understanding
About the nature and effects of
Family Violence including the
Intergenerational Cycle of Violence
To assist women to assess safety
issues and put in place strategies
to maximize her and her children’s
safety
To provide information about:-
* The effects of a Protection Order and the way in which the DV Act 1995 operates
* Building Support Networks * Myths of Abuse * Cycle of Violence
* Intergenerational Abuse * Safety Plans * Power and Control Wheel
* Why do women stay * Men’s Programmes * Communications
* Children’s Programmes * Boundaries * Freedom