QUIET QUESTIONS. SILENCED THOUGHTS.
This booklet is not for everyone but may be really important to someone.
Our responses to violence and abuse are unique, varied and changing. Some examples of responses may include despair, distress, dread and desperation.
Click on the cover tile ‘Quiet Questions. Silenced Thoughts.’ to open in full screen.
Our thanks to each person who shared lived experience insights.
TALK & SILENCE
Many victim-survivors of violence and abuse are silent or are silenced. We invite you to explore the landing page talk and silence.
SILENCE
"Less than 40 per cent of the women who experience violence seek help of any sort.”
[UN Women]
TALK
"In the majority of countries with available data on this issue, among women who do seek help, most look to family and friends and very few look to formal institutions, such as police and health services. Fewer than 10 per cent of those seeking help reported to the police.”
[UN Women]
SILENCED
Many victim-survivors are silenced by the violence and abuse used against them and by unhelpful and harmful responses in society, services and systems.