Women’s Family Law Support Service Evaluation –

‘They should have this in every court’

Professor Rosalind F CroucherPresident

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The plea

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Dear

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people,We women, we mothers,

we look at you for the

solutions and answers…

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Tragedies

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Tragedies

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The catalystfor the Report

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2012-2022• 750,000 women will experience

and report family violence

• Cost = $15.6 billion

Extent of the problem

Alcoholism Drug addiction

Mental illness8

Visibility

Framing principles

• Seamlessness• Accessibility• Fairness• Effectiveness

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Integrated

responses

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Silos

Strategies

• Integrated services• Specialist courts/divisions/lists• Agreements/MOUs/protocols/practice

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Faculty of Education and Social work

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“They should have this in

every court”Evaluation of the

Women’s Family Law Support Service (WFLSS)

Dr Lesley Laing

university of sydney

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The power of empathy

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Faculty of Education and Social work

“They should have this in every court”

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