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
Lead Agency and Contract Manager, National Chair |
WESNET |
Julie Oberin (Chair + Executive Member) |
| Proxy: Margaret Augerinos | ||
| Association of Women Educators | AWE | Maria Delaney (Executive Member) |
| Proxy: Angela Walsh | ||
| National Association of Services Against Sexual Violence | NASASV | Karen Willis |
| Proxy: TBC | ||
| Women’s Services Network | WESNET | Margaret Augerinos (Executive Member) |
| Proxy: Pauline Woodbridge | ||
| Ruby Gaea NT | Samantha Chung (Executive Member) | |
| Proxy: TBC | ||
| Australasian Council of Women and Policing | ACWAP | Maha Sukkar |
| Proxy: Andrea Quinn | ||
| Australian Women’s Health Network | AWHN | Rita Butera |
| Proxy: Kelly Bannister (CEO AWHN) | ||
| Coalition of Women’s Domestic Violence Services of South Australia | CWDVS SA | Susie Smith |
| Proxy: Penny Odgen | ||
| Domestic Violence Victoria | DVVic | Alison MacDonald |
| Proxy: Alison Birchall | ||
| 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 | Christine Ross |
| Proxy: TBC | ||
| Domestic Violence NSW | DVNSW | Trishima Mitra-Kahn |
| Proxy: Gayatri Nair | ||
| National Union of Students Women’s Officer | NUS Women’s Officer | Kate Crossin |
| Proxy: TBC | ||
| Ending Violence Against Women Queensland | EVAWQ | Jude Marshall (EVAWQ) |
| 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 | Sarah Bright |
| Proxy: TBC | ||
| Women With Disabilities Australia | WWDA | Heidi La Paglia |
| Proxy: TBC | ||
| Project Respect | Rachel Reilly | |
| Proxy: Courtney Keefe | ||
| Women’s Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Service NSW Inc | WDVCAS NSW Inc | Hayley Foster |
| Proxy: Anita Cox | ||
| Young Women’s Advisory Group of Equality Rights Alliance | YWAG | Romy Listo |
| Proxy: Linnea Burdon-Smith | ||
| Harmony Alliance: Migrant and Refugee Women for Change | Michal Morris | |
| Proxy: TBC | ||