Dear all, I know this has been a feeling for some years, but again, doesn't it depend on the age of the abuser and the intensity of the violence - and of course the final comment that change has to be voluntary and not be mandatory. In Guyana, we have received a grant to pursue a programme for male abusers and are trying to research the approach. I thought the Duluth project had great successes?
We are also aware of a programme in Western Australia 'Domestic Violence hurts kids too' which seemed to encourage many abusive men to voluntarily attend counselling. It would appear again that these were mostly men under 30. There is obviously need for education about violence in relationships - in some parts of the Caribbean there is an awareness of the increase in murder/suicides and the tendency to say 'I am going to kill you and kill myself' .. ---------------------------------------- Manager - Sustainable Development Networking Programme - Guyana http://www.sdnp.org.gy Tel (592)-227-5723, 226-4040 Fax 226-2942 ***End-violence is sponsored by UNIFEM and receives generous support from ICAP*** To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe end-violence OR type: unsubscribe end-violence Archives of previous End-violence messages can be found at: http://www.edc.org/GLG/end-violence/hypermail/
