Women’s services continue to highlight the prevalence of technology-facilitated violence and abuse. Last week AWAVA made a submission to a Senate Inquiry in which we recommended that the unauthorised sharing of intimate images be made a criminal offence under federal law. As we noted in the submission, ‘the non-consensual sharing of intimate images, or the threat to share such images, is increasingly used as a tactic of control in abusive relationships and in the perpetration of sexual assault.’ We hope for a constructive response from policy-makers after the committee reports on 25 February.
AWAVA, in conjunction with Our Watch and supported by WESNET, invite you to attend an international conference on violence against women. The conference will be held from 19 to 22 September 2016. More information here!
‘Violence against women: ANROWS research to policy and practice’ is the inaugural national research conference on violence against women and children, running from 23 to 25 February in Melbourne. Find out more here!