Over Sensitisation or Simply Agendas and a Want for Money.

National Women's Hospital says one woman a day is reporting some form of abuse under a pilot project aimed at helping the victims of family violence.
A pilot scheme, in which all women who visit the hospital are asked about abuse, began 18 months ago.
Clinical services general manager Kay Hyman says about one woman a day is disclosing that she is a victim, and she would like to see the project broadened .... and zero tolerance, there is something awfully Bradfordish about this.
But then this must conflict with this programme which is also going to be broadened.
The strategy, called the Hawke's Bay Family Intervention Programme, had proven so successful it is to be launched nationwide tomorrow by the Health Ministry.
Some abused children are becoming so violent they are being expelled from kindergarten or infant classes at school, a Hawke's Bay paediatrician says. The focus is on shaken babies and broken bones," he said . ..That was serious enough, but a wider and deeper problem was emerging, that of violent children unable to trust adults or relate to other people.
He was dealing daily with children who had developed severe psychological problems that became permanent if not treated while they were infants or toddlers.
"By the time a child is 10 you've missed the boat."
Aha, no trust, attachment disorder, early intervention - Cindy Kiro will love this another ally in the argument for mandatory child management courses for parents, mandatory reporting ... but a paediatrician, dealing with 'severe psychological problems' and making statements about prognosis?? Mind you the Hawkes Bay is quite a backwater so it wouldn't be surprising if there were no psychologists, no psychiatrists and especially those dealing with children.

New Zealand's record of domestic violence is being exposed at a United Nations convention in New York today. Oh my goodness, name and shame on the international stage.
They will be told that in New Zealand, a woman is killed every five weeks by her partner or ex-partner.
Anne Todd-Lambie and Beryl Anderson from New Zealand's National Council of Women, in a 10 minute presentation, will tell the conference that all forms of violence ranging from the killing of women in domestic situations to bullying in schools and workplaces are an overwhelming concern for New Zealand women.
They will be calling on the New Zealand Government to commit long term funding to the problem.

The National Council of Women will also be highlighting concerns about children being sexualised too early through advertising and the media, the fact that New Zealand women continue to receive less pay than men for work of equal value and a lack of women in leadership roles in the private sector.
Sexualised too early .. but they teach them about that in schools, don't they? And at a young age, don't they?
It is really beyond me that these phenomena are women's issues.
But whenever there's a killing or a significant wounding the vultures gather ... easy pickings at times of high emotion.