WOW! What a busy fortnight! I hope you all enjoyed your International Women's Day celebrations, and have managed to find some time to read all of the media releases that have been circulating. Here is a summary, in case you have missed any The Minister has announced the way forward for women in the workplace [...]
To celebrate the centenary of International Women’s Day, the Australian Women Against Violence Alliance (AWAVA) has created a timeline of significant events and achievements affecting Australian women. The timeline includes major political, educational, legal and social milestones, and demonstrate that despite improvements in gender equality over the past 100 years, women still experience violence at [...]
A busy week as usual in the AWAVA office, with plenty of news coming out of New York (see below) as well as preparations for International Women's Day Celebrations - I hope you're all planning something special! The Minister for the Status of Women, Kate Ellis, has been in New York this week attending a [...]
This week making the news: The Australian Institute of Family Studies has released a new report on Supporting Women from CALD backgrounds who are victims/survivors of sexual violence The Age reports that Melbourne City Violence is up 3.7%, but read further into the story to see the high increase in reports of Family Violence And [...]
A relatively quiet week in the media this week when it comes to reporting on Violence Against Women. Still, a few interesting articles made an appearance The NSW government has announced community grants to help tackle domestic violence The Age reports that the NSW government will be to granting leave to public sector workers who [...]
The UTS Anti-Slavery Project at University of Technology, Sydney has asked us to poll our members about forced marriage. Please share this link far and wide. AWAVA will provide your feedback to UTS for their submission to the A-G's Department (see more about the call for submissions below). [contact-form] [contact-field label="Have you or your organisation received any [...]
IT's been a busy week in the media this week, with quite a few articles concerning Violence Against Women passing across our virtual desks. Some of you may be interested to read the Sydney Morning Herald's recent article on Staying Home leaving Violence We also spotted an article in The Age this week, highlighhting the [...]
Another busy week for AWAVA with lots starting to happen in the lead up to International Women's Day. We're never too busy to pick up on some interesting articles that cross our virtual desks though. This week there has been is plenty happening both in Australia and Internationally... In Victoria, the State Government have announced [...]
This article reverberated around the DV sector this week with many shocked comments. A common response was "How could the courts get this so wrong!'
Hi Everyone, This week we've had a bit of an international flavour in the material across our virtual desks. In the USA, President Obama marked the anniversary of Roe v. Wade on the 22nd of January. You can read about his statement here. Australia has named its representatives to the United Nation's Commission on the [...]