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 different sub-sectors within the violence against women sector. Our current members are:
| Organisation | Advisory Group member | |
| Women’s Services Network |
WESNET |
Julie Oberin |
| Proxy: Margaret Augerinos | ||
| Association of Women Educators | AWE | Jude Walker |
| Proxy: Alota Lima | ||
| 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: Gerry McKenna | ||
| Australian Women’s Health Network | AWHN | Bonney Corbin |
| Proxy: Holly Brennan | ||
| Embolden – Alliance for Women’s Freedom, Equity and Respect (Formally Coalition of Women’s Domestic Violence Services of South Australia) | Jennifer Kingwell | |
| Proxy: Susie Smith | ||
| Domestic Violence Victoria | DVVic | Alison Birchall |
| Proxy: TBC | ||
| ACT Women’s Services Network | ACT WSN | Zoya Patel |
| Proxy: | ||
| 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 | Renata Field |
| Proxy: TBC | ||
| National Union of Students Women’s Officer | NUS Women’s Officer | Georgette Mouawad |
| Proxy: TBC | ||
| Ending Violence Against Women Queensland | EVAWQ | Anne Butcher |
| Proxy: Lindy Edwards | ||
| Centre For Women’s Health and Wellbeing WA | Alison Evans | |
| Proxy: TBC | ||
| Women’s Essential Service Providers Tasmania | WESP Tas | TBC |
| Proxy: TBC | ||
| Women’s Legal Services Australia | WLSA | Yvette Cehtel |
| Proxy: Angela Lynch | ||
| Women With Disabilities Australia | WWDA | Heidi La Paglia |
| Proxy: Libbi Cunnington | ||
| Project Respect | Rachel Reilly | |
| Proxy: TBC | ||
| Women’s Safety NSW | Hayley Foster | |
| Proxy: Ash Johnstone | ||
| 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 | Jo Stewart-Rattray |
| Proxy: Keli McDonald | ||
| Sisters Inside | Debbie Kilroy | |
| Proxy: TBC | ||
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), Heidi La Paglia (WWDA), Samantha Chung (Ruby Gaea NT), Hayley Foster (Women’s Safety NSW) and Bonney Corbin (AWHN).
AWAVA’s auspicing body is the Women’s Services Network (WESNET), and the Contract Manager is Karen Bentley, National Director of WESNET.