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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

• Or use email: wrisc@netconnect.com.au

WRISC IS PROUDLY FUNDED BY:

WRISC IS PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY: