Ed Space
Stop asking us what we did wrong, what we did to deserve it. Seriously, that question needs to go.
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These are the words of one of the subjects of the Resistance. Resilience. Recovery. exhibition currently on display at Wollongong's Project Contemporary Artspace in Keira St.
If you are in Wollongong and can this weekend, I urge you to view the exhibition, which is a series of images taken by the Illawarra Mercury's award-winning photographer Sylvia Liber of survivors of domestic or family abuse.
There is a video on our website or our Facebook page which Sylvia has done with the subjects of the exhibition and their words cut hard and they cut deep.
As a society, if we are going to truly tackle the issue of domestic violence, we all need to be better.
Domestic violence is one of those things you often don't recognise when it first starts happening to you.
It's important, I think, as a society we teach our children how to recognise domestic violence or family violence when they are experiencing it and to know where to look for help. It's too important an issue in our society to leave unaddressed.
These were the words of Vickie, another of the subjects of the exhibition. The exhibition supports the #VoicesForChange campaign supported by both the Illawarra Mercury and the Illawarra Women's Health Centre among others.
The campaign is calling for this region to show its support for the creation of an Australian-first Women's Trauma Recovery Centre.
Disappointingly a reader angrily vented about the campaign and said we are discriminating against men.
No, sir we are not. We recognise men can be victims too, but we are recognising the greatest need.
Women are nearly three times more likely to experience domestic violence, but most worrying is men are killing women at an alarming rate.
On average in this country, one woman a week is murdered by her current or former partner. That has to stop.
Please join our #VoicesForChange campaign by visiting womenstraumacentre.wordpress.com and taking part in the letter or email campaign. Please also be a Voice For Change.