Welcome to the latest edition of the AWAVA Weekly Round-Up. In this issue we have a bumper crop of interesting and in-depth articles and links after our few weeks of hiatus, not to mention some fantastic resources and reports. In the last two weeks, AWAVA have been very busy. We attended both the Violence Prevention [...]
"Global Women's Project & One Girl present 'I Am A Girl' The Global Women's Project (GWP) and One Girl are excited to celebrate International Day of the Girl 2014 by screening the critically acclaimed documentary 'I Am A Girl'. We'd love you to join us! ************************* Cinema Nova 380 Lygon Street Carlton, Vic Friday 10th [...]
"8th, 9th & 10th October 2014 Royal on the Park Cnr Alice & Albert Street Brisbane QLD 4000 Australia Forget reform. It is time to talk about abolishing prisons in society. So what's the alternative? This puzzling question often interrupts further discussion of the prospects for abolition. Why is it so difficult to [...]
Welcome to the latest edition of the AWAVA Weekly Round-Up. This week many of the links we share address misconceptions and myths relating to violence against women. The release of the findings from VicHealth’s National Community Attitudes towards Violence against Women Survey have highlighted, once again, that an alarming number of Australian’s accept and excuse [...]
Welcome to the latest edition of the AWAVA Weekly Round-Up. In this double edition, we highlight new activist movements as well as campaigns with decades of work behind them. The goal of preventing and eliminating violence against women can only be achieved when we acknowledge and respect the diverse points of view of those who [...]
"SAVE THE DATE: 10 – 12 September 2014 Homelessness Australia welcomes you to the 8th National Homelessness Conference: Homelessness: Complexities & Countermeasures. To register your interest, and to keep up to date with conference news, visit our conference website here and complete the expression of interest form. On behalf Homelessness Australia, we look forward to [...]
"Millsom Henry-Waring was a creative and dynamic black feminist academic whose work spanned a range of interests, including visibility, difference, migration, identities, intimacies and new technology. This talk aims to engage with some of these issues and to show the continuing relevance and centrality of Millsom’s concerns. 'Narratives of Varied Everyday Lives: Intersectionality, difference and [...]
"The Equal Pay Day marks the period of extra days in the current year which women need to work to achieve the same wages that men earned during the previous financial year. Equal Pay Day recognises how much longer women have to work to earn the same as men in one year. So, for every [...]
"5pm for 5.30pm start – 7.00pm Tuesday 2nd September 2014 The NAB Village – Open Space 700 Bourke Street, Melbourne (Docklands)http://www.nabvillage.com.au/directions AN AFTER WORK EVENT With light refreshments TO REPORT BACK ON OUTCOMES OF 2013 PAY EQUITY FORUM – FOCUS ON SME SECTOR THIS WILL INCLUDE: 1. The launch of: ‘FAMILY FRIENDLY WORKPLACES-GOOD [...]
Welcome to the latest edition of the AWAVA Weekly Round-Up. This week, we highlight the many responses to violence against women that come from our communities: both everyday individuals and people in positions of power. It is vital that we acknowledge the inspiring progress made by those who work tirelessly to address violence against women. [...]