Monthly Archives: November 2012

Day 5: Happy, Healthy Women (Not Just Survivors)

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Kate Ravenscroft

“The Australian Federation of Medical Women (AFMW) wishes to address our failure as a civil society to respond to the real healthcare needs of survivors of sexual violence in order to alleviate the impact of abuse when it has already … Continue reading →

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Day 4: Eastern Media Advocacy Project

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Kate Ravenscroft

To speak out, to speak up is a very powerful act. To speak the truth. To say what no one wants to hear. To disclose a crime or an abuse of power. To give a voice to trauma. To tell … Continue reading →

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Day 3: Telling the “whole story”

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Kate Ravenscroft

Attrition in sexual assault cases is appallingly high. Only a small percentage of crimes are ever reported and even fewer result in a charge, prosecution or conviction. There are many reasons for this, not least of which is a culture … Continue reading →

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Day 2: Bystander Prevention

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Kate Ravenscroft

As Michelle Bachelet, head of UN Women, said the other day, we can end violence against women, but only together. We are all responsible. We are all implicated in the change required to make possible a world where women can … Continue reading →

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Day 1: Safe at Home, Safe at Work

Posted on November 25, 2012 by Kate Ravenscroft

I have thought a lot about this year’s 16 Days of Activism Against Gendered Violence. About how I want to engage with it and promote it and reflect upon it here, and elsewhere in my life. I haven’t been able … Continue reading →

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