"Topic: Domestic and Family Violence in a Primary Care Setting: How to talk with patients about their experiences Presenter: Prof. Kelsey Hegarty, Department of General Practice at the University of Melbourne Date: Thursday 26th June 2014 Location: Online, at your computer! What time in your time zone? NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS, QLD: 1:00pm - 1:45pm [...]
Welcome, once again, to the latest edition of the AWAVA Weekly Round-Up. This week, as every week, we highlight the latest news from around the preventing violence against women sector. People from all walks of life and all segments of society have spoken out this week against violence against women, from the gaming community [TRIGGER WARNING: Images [...]
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Weekly Round-Up. This week, discussion of violence against women, and what actions we can take to prevent and eliminate it, has continued on an international scale. These conversations are centred on horrific patterns of violence and suffering the world over. However, we also feature this week some powerful [...]
"FREE WEBINAR - The National Rural Women’s Coalition presents A CUPPA WITH…Sandra Ireson. Sandra is heavily involved with many community groups in her region and is passionate about agriculture, tourism, education. Sandra also takes every opportunity to let others know what is happening in her part of the world via social media. FREE Webinar is [...]
"Annual Red Rose Rally to be held on Thursday 12 June 2014 at 12pm on the grass between Brisbane Magistrate and the District Courts in George Street, Brisbane City Please come with a red rose and wear black" "Red Rose Rallies are called each time there is a domestic or family violence related death (women, [...]
Welcome to the latest edition of the AWAVA Weekly Round-Up. There has been a great deal of reflection, both within the preventing violence against women sector and in the broader community, during the past week. Many commentators have spoken about the dramatic increase in reporting on violence against women in recent times. And yet, the [...]
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Weekly Round-Up, now coming to you through our brand new newsletter distribution system!This week has seen massive public conversations as people process the reality of gender-based violence and misogyny in our communities. The poignant and unfiltered conversation taking place under the hashtag #yesallwomen is discussed in several of the links [...]
"Federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Elizabeth Broderick, will host African Women’s Voices with special guests Juliana Nkrumah, Founder Advisor of African Women Australia, Mabel Imali Isolio, Gender Consultant based in Nairobi, Kenya, and participating women from the ‘Our Bodies, Our Voices, Our Lives Conference – FGM Program’. This session will give voice to African women issues [...]
"Women identified as having a “disability” experience violence and abuse at a much higher rate than the rest of the population. This training is for workers who are currently working in the family violence or disability sectors. The objectives of the training are to gain a better understanding of the context and experience of women [...]
"Anti-Slavery Australia Freedom Dinner 2014 Wednesday, 28 May 2014 at 7:00 PM Anti-Slavery Australia welcomes you to attend our 2014 Freedom Dinner. After the great success of the inaugural Freedom Dinner last year, we will be hosting another fabulous evening at the stylish White Rabbit Gallery in Chippendale to raise funds for Anti-Slavery Australia's ongoing [...]