This Ask LOIS webinar was a collaboration between Women’s Health NSW and Women’s Legal Service NSW. The webinar was broadcast live on Wednesday 1 May 2024. In the webinar, Women’s Health NSW present on their work supporting and strengthening professional understanding of, and local capacity to respond to, non-fatal strangulation in the context of sexual…
These training videos have been designed to improve service provider responses to women who have experienced non-fatal strangulation and who may be suffering from an acquired brain injury. They will be useful to service providers working with women who have experienced strangulation and brain injury in the context of domestic, family, and sexual violence, or with women…
In April 2024, Women’s Agenda ran a media article entitled, Strangulation can have a long-term impact on women’s health even if ‘it left no marks’. This article, by Brianna Boecker, discusses strangulation, its connection to brain injury, and Women’s Health NSW’s response, including our online learning hub, It Left No Marks. Read the full article…
This medical referral template was designed to support women’s self-advocacy with general practitioners when seeking medical assessment following non-fatal strangulation (NFS) and acquired brain injury (ABI). It will be useful to women’s health centres and other non-government organisations (NGOs) where women present after NFS and ABI in the context of sexual violence and require support…
This evidence brief is focused on non-fatal strangulation (NFS) and acquired brain injury (ABI) in the context of sexual violence. It brings together Australian research and grey literature with supporting international evidence to define the issues and illuminate data gaps. It will be useful to people developing policies and practices to respond to and prevent…
