Glossary

Mandatory reporting is where persons working in specific professions with a duty of care (e.g. child protection, doctor, nurse, social worker, teacher) are obliged by law to report on observed and/or directly reported and/or suspected cases of violence or abuse against their patient, student or client. These provisions vary by context, but are most often applied in the case of children and child sexual abuse.

This support involves the application of medical and scientific methods as evidence in a legal case - for example, the use of forensic evidence in a case of sexual assault or rape.

These services usually provide acute, and often also long-term, mental health care to women, girls and sometimes men and people of other gender identities, who have experienced and survived violence and abuse. They seek to provide a comprehensive response through individual and/or group-based care.

Financial services offered to individuals or groups who lack access to traditional banking services. Support could be offered in the form of small loans, grants, insurance, or peer-to-peer lending.