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Weekly round-up* 17 May
This week AWAVA Chairperson, Julie Oberin, attended the inaugural International White Ribbon Conference: Global to Local: Preventing Men’s Violence against Women – Research, Policy and Practice in One Space. AWAVA also attended the Federal budget stakeholder lock-up on 14 May, see more below… Federal Budget The Women’s Budget Highlights 2013-14 can be accessed here - be sure to have a [...]
Weekly round-up* 13 May
AWAVA’s Chair, Julie Oberin, presented on the Stopping Violence Against Women Before It Happens: A Practical Toolkit for Communities, and joined a National Women’s Alliance panel session, at the 7th Australian Women’s Health Network (AWAVA member organisation) Conference, Gender Matters: Determining Women’s Health, last week. AWAVA also announced our endorsement of AWHN’s 2012 Position Paper, Women and Health and Well-being, which [...]
Weekly Round-up* 5 May
Last week, AWAVA attended AMaRWA’s national Stand Up! Eliminating All Forms of Violence Against CALD Women conference, sponsoring three CALD women survivors of violence and their support workers to make sure that particularly marginalised women’s voices are heard by governments. We thank the survivors and their support workers for the valuable time and for sharing their experiences. Candlelight vigils [...]
Weekly Round-up* 26 April
This week, AWAVA has been following reports on sexism. We have been following reports on why a focus on women politicians’ appearance fuels sexism; why women’s looks still count and how “praising women’s looks is not necessarily a compliment but a reminder that they are not quite on the same level as men, whose worth is measured [...]
Weekly Round-up* 22 April
Over 80% of women and girls worldwide face street harassment: catcalls, groping, sexual comments and public masturbation. Street harassment limits women and girls’ mobility and access to public spaces and is a form of violence against women and a human rights violation. Last week was International End Sexual Harassment Week – AWAVA joined in with tweeting to raise awareness. Read [...]
Weekly Round-up* 12 April
AWAVA attended the Summit on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in Canberra this week which was hosted by the Hon. Tanya Plibersek, with special International Guest and FGM/C expert Dr Comfort Momoh from the UK. AWAVA had to opportunity to participate in the summit, and to meet with Dr Momoh to discuss FGM/C in the Australian context. To read Minister [...]
Weekly round-up* 5 April
This week, AWAVA brings news from the National Plan Implementation Panel (NPIP) with regards to the National Centre of Excellence. The Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) has announced: “Helen Freeland has been appointed as the interim CEO of the National Centre of Excellence. Helen has a long history with the NSW [...]
Weekly Round-up* 29 March
This week AWAVA has continued to follow media reports on victim-blaming and rape cultures in the aftermath of John Law’s comments and the US Steubenville trial. As the week draws to a close, it’s a good time to remember that the struggle to end all forms of violence against women and to challenge the everydayness of [...]
Weekly Round-up* 22 March
Stark reminders this week that there is a way to go to change victim-blaming attitudes for violence against women offences, and still a need to challenge mainstream media reporting and broadcasting of violence against women, both at home and internationally. Greater focus on perpetrator behaviour is needed, with a recognition that it’s everyone’s responsibility [...]
Weekly Round-up* – 15 March
As CSW57 is winding up in New York the AWAVA delegation have been working hard to support negotiations and secure outcomes to end violence against women and girls. No doubt there will be lots of newsworthy items from the UN early next week on the Agreed Conclusions – although news reports this week suggest continual [...]
