WELCOME TO
WOMEN'S RESOURCE INFORMATION AND
SUPPORT CENTRE

THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
- Domestic Violence is the most common form of assault in
Australia
- Each year in Victoria between 30 and 40 women and children are
killed by their husbands, defacto, boyfriends, ex-partners,
fathers and sons (women's coalition against family
violence 94)
- One in seven married women will be subjected to domestic
violence (Scutt 83)
YOU ARE NOT TO BLAME FOR HIS VIOLENCE
- Where women kill their partners, it is well documented that it
is likely to have been as a result of a long history of being
victimised by them (Queensland DV Taskforce
88)
- 97% of domestic violence offenders are male (Stannard 87)
- Domestic Violence includes physical abuse, mental torture,
emotional abuse, sexual abuse, social deprivation, public
humiliation, verbal assaults and financial control
YOU ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS VIOLENCE
- Alongside domestic violence, sexual assault is probably the
most under reported crime of the century (CASA
House 89)
- The myths that surround domestic
violence (that it is alcohol or stress does it - men do it; that
women ask for it - they don't; that it should be kept in the
family - this continues to hide dv etc) are lies that keep women
and children from telling
- Realising that you are not to blame is one of the first steps
to healing
THERE ARE WOMEN AT WRISC
- We provide confidential personal support
for women and children who have or are experiencing domestic
violence
- We run support groups regularly for
survivors of domestic violence; for survivors of childhood sexual
assault and for young women who have survived abuse
- We manage a domestic violence outreach
service for the Ballarat, Golden Plains, Moorabool, Hepburn
and Pyrenees Shires
- We maintain a free lending library for
women with many self help books
- We participate in local networks
and services and can provide service-users with appropriate
referrals
- Our details are;
Monday to Friday from 9am to 5.30pm
119 Lyons St Nth, Ballarat 3350
phone: (03) 53 333 666
P.O. Box 1044; Ballarat Mail Centre 3354
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