Ministry of Women's Affairs presentation on changing attitudes towards sexual violence

Big thanks to the Roundtable on Violence Against Women's newsletter for bringing this to my attention.

The Ministry of Women’s Affairs invites you to the following presentation:

**CHALLENGING THE MYTHS: CHANGING ATTITUDES TOWARDS SEXUAL VIOLENCE**

The principal researchers who conducted the work streams for the recently completed sexual violence studies - Strong and Safe Communities – Effective Interventions for Adult Victim/Survivors of Sexual Violence - will present a brief overview of the methods used before summarising key findings from the research.

This material will be organised around the ways in which the findings challenge widely held myths about rape/sexual violence, and will be used as a base for outlining some of the important implications arising from this research project.

Presenters:
Dr Venezia Kingi, Crime and Justice Research Centre
Dr Elaine Mossman, Crime and Justice Research Centre
Associate Professor Jan Jordan, Institute of Criminology

When: Friday 27 November 2009, 9.00-11.00am

Where: Auditorium, Bowen State Building, Bowen Street, Wellington

Please RSVP to: Rachael Ward ward at mwa.govt.nz tel: 04 916 5823 by 20 November 2009.