Our Advisory Group

Our Advisory Group comprises member organisations from all states and territories, including peak bodies, in the area of preventing and responding to violence against women. AWAVA’s Advisory Group informs AWAVA’s priorities and work plan and amplifies the voices of the women and networks that members represent, with particular emphasis on intersectionality. The Advisory Group is intended to represent the different sub-sectors within the violence against women sector.

If you are interested in joining AWAVA, please contact the Secretariat at [email protected]

Our current members are:

Organisation		Advisory Group member
Association of Women Educators	AWE	Maria Delaney
		Alota Lima
Australasian Council of Women and Policing	ACWAP	Maha Sukkar
		Gerry McKenna
Australian Women’s Health Network	AWHN	Holly Brennan
		Heidi La Paglia
Centre For Women’s Safety and Wellbeing WA		Alison Evans

Domestic Violence NSW	DVNSW	Elise Phillips

Embolden – Alliance for Women’s Freedom, Equity and Respect

Ending Violence Against Women Queensland	EVAWQ	Emma Iwinska

Harmony Alliance: Migrant and Refugee Women for Change		Nuria Alarcon Lopez

National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women’s Alliance	NATSIWA	Yasmin Johnson
		Wendy Anders
National Association of Services Against Sexual Violence	NASASV	Heather Clarke

National Council of Single Mothers and their Children	NCSMC	Terese Edwards
National Rural Women’s Coalition	NRWC	Keli McDonald
		Jo Stewart-Rattray
National Union of Students Women’s Officer	NUS Women’s Officer	Georgette Mouawad

Project Respect		Carolyn Gowers

Ruby Gaea NT		Samantha Chung

Safe and Equal		Louise Simms
		Kate Mecham
Sexual Assault Support Service, Tasmania	SASS Tas	Jill Maxwell
		Holly Mason-White
Sisters Inside	SIS	Debbie Kilroy

Women’s Essential Service Providers Tasmania	WESP Tas	Haidee Fullard

Women’s Legal Services Australia	WLSA	Yvette Cehtel
		Liz Snell
Women’s Safety NSW
		Ash Johnstone
Women’s Services Network	WESNET	Julie Oberin
		Margaret Augerinos
Women With Disabilities Australia	WWDA

Young Women’s Advisory Group of Equality Rights Alliance	YWAG ERA	Linnea Burdon-Smith

AWAVA Secretariat	AWAVA	Karen Bentley
		Jen Bushell