Want to end violence against women? This is how

IT’S TIME for the age-old cycle of violence to end. Because two dead women a week is too much. And because we — all of us — are better than that.
It’s a terrible statistic and one many children know about thanks to overhearing the news — in 2015, two women a week are reported to have been killed by partners or ex-partners, doubling our already bad annual family violence toll.
As parents, it’s difficult enough to explain a story about a tragic death on those occasions when you haven’t reached the TV or radio fast enough to try to turn it off to protect little ears. It’s even harder to know how and when is the right way to raise the issue of violence against women without potentially traumatising girls or making boys feel bad about their gender.
Neither outcome is helpful or desired, but given one in three Australian women aged over 15 will experience violence; parents are being encouraged to join the wider community campaign to educate girls — and especially boys — about what is and is not OK.