Violence against women in New Zealand focus of UN Committee ‘Violence against women was a major concern for the UN Committee reviewing the status of women in New Zealand, when it met yesterday’ says Julie Radford-Poupard, one of the non-government representatives at the United Nations recently.
‘Committee members questioned whether current changes in New Zealand such as legal aid restrictions, the introduction of fees in the Family Court, the restructuring of family violence funding, and a trend towards encouraging the resolution of relationship disputes out of court, may be increasing the barriers for women seeking to leave violent relationships and risking their safety’ says Ms Radford-Poupard.
Link to Voxy Press Release: http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/violence-against-women-nz-focus-un-committee/5/129547
