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 marginalised and under-represented groups of women. The Advisory Group is intended to fairly represent the difference sub-sectors within the violence against women sector. Our current members are:
| Organisation | Advisory Group member | |
| Women’s Services Network |
WESNET |
Julie Oberin |
| Proxy: Pauline Woodbridge | ||
| Association of Women Educators | AWE | Maria Delaney |
| Proxy: Angela Walsh | ||
| National Association of Services Against Sexual Violence | NASASV | Karen Willis |
| Proxy: TBC | ||
| Ruby Gaea NT | Samantha Chung | |
| Proxy: TBC | ||
| Australasian Council of Women and Policing | ACWAP | Maha Sukkar |
| Proxy: Andrea Quinn | ||
| Australian Women’s Health Network | AWHN | TBC |
| Proxy: Kelly Bannister | ||
| Embolden – Alliance for Women’s Freedom, Equity and Respect (Formally Coalition of Women’s Domestic Violence Services of South Australia) | Susie Smith | |
| Proxy: Jennifer Kingwell | ||
| Domestic Violence Victoria | DVVic | Alison Birchall |
| Proxy: Belinda Blair | ||
| ACT Women’s Services Network | ACT WSN | Marcia Williams |
| Proxy: Helen Machalias | ||
| Sexual Assault Support Service, Tasmania | SASS Tas | Jill Maxwell |
| Proxy: Holly Mason-White | ||
| National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women’s Alliance | NATSIWA | Sandra Creamer |
| Proxy: Christine Ross | ||
| Domestic Violence NSW | DVNSW | Gayatri Nair |
| Proxy: Trishima Mitra-Kahn | ||
| National Union of Students Women’s Officer | NUS Women’s Officer | Sarah Tynan |
| Proxy: TBC | ||
| Ending Violence Against Women Queensland | EVAWQ | Jude Marshall |
| Proxy: Lindy Edwards | ||
| Women’s Council For Domestic & Family Violence Services WA | WCDFVS | Kedy Kristal |
| Proxy: Angela Hartwig | ||
| Women’s Essential Service Providers Tasmania | WESP Tas | Haidee Fullard |
| Proxy: Jacinta Atkins | ||
| Women’s Legal Services Australia | WLSA | Yvette Cehtel |
| Proxy: Angela Lynch | ||
| Women With Disabilities Australia | WWDA | Heidi La Paglia |
| Proxy: Naomi Thomson | ||
| Project Respect | Rachel Reilly | |
| Proxy: TBC | ||
| Women’s Safety NSW | Hayley Foster | |
| Proxy: Anita Cox | ||
| Young Women’s Advisory Group of Equality Rights Alliance | YWAG ERA | Linnea Burdon-Smith |
| Karess Dias | ||
| Harmony Alliance: Migrant and Refugee Women for Change | Michal Morris | |
| Proxy: Sana Ashraf | ||
| Economic Security 4 Women | eS4W | Sharen Page |
| Proxy: Terese Edwards | ||
| National Rural Women’s Coalition | NRWC | Keli McDonald |
| Proxy: Jo Stewart-Rattray | ||
Policy Executive Group
A Policy Executive Group, comprised of five Advisory Group member representatives, the AWAVA Program Manager and WESNET National Director, serves to expedite decisions about AWAVA policy positions and work priorities when timelines mean convening the entire Advisory Group is not feasible. Current member representatives on the Policy Executive Group are: Julie Oberin (WESNET), Margaret Augerinos (WESNET), Heidi La Paglia (WWDA), Romy Listo (YWAG ERA), and Samantha Chung (Ruby Gaea NT).
AWAVA’s auspicing body is the Women’s Services Network (WESNET), and the Contract Manager is Karen Bentley, Interim National Director of WESNET.