This year, Reclaim the Night in Canberra will be hosted by the Canberra Rape Crisis Centre. Location: Garema Place, Canberra Date: Friday the 31st of October Time: 6:00pm This years focus is "Reclaiming our Space." Reclaim the Night is a community event that has been held in Canberra for many years. It began as an [...]
"Reclaim the Night Sydney will be held at Hyde Park on the 31st October 2014. Reclaim the Night is a global annual protest against gendered violence traditionally held on the last Friday in October each year. At 6.30pm we will rally, listening to a variety of women speaking on issues from the closures of women's-only [...]
Welcome to the latest edition of the AWAVA Weekly Round-Up. This week, many of the articles we’ve selected focus on the aftermath of gender-based violence. Violence has complicated and long-lasting effects for female survivors as well as for the broader community. To truly acknowledge the structural impacts and causes of violence against women, we must [...]
On 15 February 2011 the Australia Government published Safe and Free from Violence – The National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and their Children 2010-22 (The National Plan), outlining a 12-year strategy to address domestic and sexual violence by coordinating action across all Australian governments and communities. The National Plan is based on four three-year rolling Action [...]
What is CEDAW? The United Nations Convention for the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, CEDAW, is an international treaty that Australia is signatory to. Many countries around the world, including Australia, signed on to this convention and agreed to try and implement mechanisms in their country to eliminate discrimination against women. What does it aim [...]
"DVNSW Conference 2014 Domestic Violence NSW Wednesday, 22 October 2014 at 9:00 AM - Thursday, 23 October 2014 at 4:00 PM (AEDT) Surry Hills, NSW" For more information, visit: http://www.eventbrite.com.au/contact-organizer?eid=12631139077
The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action was adopted at the Fourth United Nations World Conference on Women, held in Beijing in 1995. It is an internationally agreed plan for achieving equality for women across 12 critical areas – poverty, education and training, health, the economy, power and decision-making, human rights, armed conflict, institutional mechanisms, the [...]
Welcome to the latest edition of the AWAVA Weekly Round-Up. This week, we highlight news and articles that reflect on men’s violence against women and its place in our society. In order to eliminate men’s violence against women, it is crucial to examine not only individual incidents of gender-based violence, but also the structures, patterns [...]
"6:30pm - 8:00pm Theme: 35 years light the night #lightthenight #rtn Join us in protest against all forms of male violence and harassment against women for the 35th anniversary of Reclaim the Night in Melbourne. We will march together calling for justice and full funding of support services for survivors. We call for an end [...]
"WHERE: The training will be held at the Rex, 150 Northbourne Ave, Civic, Canberra WHEN: Thursday 16 October AND Friday 17 October. Two-day training workshop for people working with or supporting women experiencing gender-based violence. This training focuses on the positive and negative impacts of technology on survivors of domestic and family violence, [...]