Yearly Archives: 2015

15 09, 2015

Weekly Round Up* 15 September 2015

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Welcome to this week’s round up. This week, in Queensland and Sydney, three women and two children have been murdered, bringing the number of women who have been killed this year to sixty-two. In all of these cases, the alleged perpetrators were known to the victims. The numbers are grim, as are the stories of [...]

8 09, 2015

Weekly Round Up* 8 September 2015

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Welcome to the latest edition of the AWAVA weekly round-up! Last week was Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Elizabeth Broderick’s last week in the role. Elizabeth Broderick has made immense contributions to improving the lives of women and girls over her 8 years in this role and we pay our respect to her. In a recent speech [...]

1 09, 2015

Male Champions of Change Forum and more* Weekly Round-up 1 September 2015

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Welcome to the latest weekly round-up from the responding to violence against women sector. The 2015 Male Champions of Change business forum was held in Sydney on Tuesday. We are pleased to see the commitment of leaders in the business community to tackling both gender equality and domestic violence, and are delighted that domestic violence [...]

24 08, 2015

Victoria to introduce domestic violence leave and more** Weekly Round-Up 24 August 2015

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Welcome to AWAVA’s weekly round-up! This week, we bring great news from Victoria, where the government has introduced family violence leave for public servants. We would like to congratulate the government for recognising domestic violence as a workplace issue and showing commitment to securing women’s economic independence! For further commentary on the implications of domestic [...]

18 08, 2015

Tasmania Government promises $25.6 million in funding for a family violence plan and more* Weekly Round-Up 18 August 2015

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Welcome to this week’s round-up! Every week, we provide you with links detailing developments in the responding to violence against women sector over the past week. This week, we have encouraging news from Tasmania, where the government has promised $25.6 million in funding for a state-wide family violence plan. The plan includes efforts to improve [...]

11 08, 2015

National Roundtable on violence against women in culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities and more* Weekly Round-Up 11 August 2015

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National Roundtable on violence against women in culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities and more* Welcome to the latest edition of AWAVA’s Round-Up of the Anti-Violence against Women Sector. This week, the government held a National Roundtable on violence against women in culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities. Follow AWAVA_women on Twitter for updates from [...]

4 08, 2015

Labor Government advocates for paid domestic violence leave and more* Weekly Round-Up 4 August

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Welcome to AWAVA’s weekly round-up. This week, the number of women killed as a result of domestic violence has tragically increased to 53. Given the extent and severity of gender based violence, AWAVA is of the firm belief that all sections of society need to challenge culturally entrenched beliefs and work towards achieving gender equality. [...]

30 07, 2015

World Day against Trafficking in Persons

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"In 2010, the General Assembly adopted the Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons, urging Governments worldwide to take coordinated and consistent measures to defeat this scourge. The Plan calls for integrating the fight against human trafficking into the UN’s broader programmes in order to boost development and strengthen security worldwide. One of [...]

28 07, 2015

The government has announced a domestic violence order scheme and more* Weekly Round-Up 28 July

By |2020-06-17T11:27:37+10:00July 28th, 2015|Weekly Round-Up Archives|Comments Off on The government has announced a domestic violence order scheme and more* Weekly Round-Up 28 July

Welcome to the latest edition of AWAVA’s weekly round-up. The Royal Commission into Family Violence continues in Victoria this week. Find out more about developments from the Royal Commission in our special Royal Commission section! You can also live stream the hearings and read all the submissions made to the Commission on their website. In [...]

20 07, 2015

The Royal Commission into Family Violence, Victoria, begins public hearings and more* Weekly Round-Up 20 July  

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Welcome to this week’s AWAVA Round-Up for the latest information from the responding to violence against women sector. AWAVA is hiring! We are looking for a Program Manager to lead our Canberra secretariat. More information on the role can be found here! Applications close on 03 August. In other news, Victoria’s Royal Commission into Family [...]

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