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 | |
| ACT Women’s Services Network | ACT WSN | Leah Dwyer |
| Proxy: TBC | ||
| Association of Women Educators | AWE | TBC |
| Proxy: Alota Lima | ||
| Australasian Council of Women and Policing | ACWAP | Maha Sukkar |
| Proxy: Gerry McKenna | ||
| Australian Women’s Health Network | AWHN | Bonney Corbin |
| Proxy: Holly Brennan | ||
| Centre For Women’s Health and Wellbeing WA | Alison Evans | |
| Proxy: TBC | ||
| Domestic Violence NSW | DVNSW | Livia Stanton |
| Proxy: Renata Field | ||
| Domestic Violence Victoria | DVVic | Louise Simms |
| Proxy: TBC | ||
| Economic Security 4 Women | eS4W | Sharen Page |
| Proxy: Terese Edwards | ||
| 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 | ||
| Ending Violence Against Women Queensland | EVAWQ | Emma Iwinska |
| Proxy: Lindy Edwards | ||
| Harmony Alliance: Migrant and Refugee Women for Change | Michal Morris | |
| Proxy: Sana Ashraf | ||
| National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women’s Alliance | NATSIWA | Sandra Creamer |
| Proxy: Christine Ross | ||
| National Association of Services Against Sexual Violence | NASASV | Heather Clarke |
| Proxy: TBC | ||
| National Rural Women’s Coalition | NRWC | Jo Stewart-Rattray |
| Proxy: Keli McDonald | ||
| National Union of Students Women’s Officer | NUS Women’s Officer | Georgette Mouawad |
| Proxy: TBC | ||
| Project Respect | Liz Billings | |
| Proxy: TBC | ||
| Ruby Gaea NT | Samantha Chung | |
| Proxy: TBC | ||
| Sexual Assault Support Service, Tasmania | SASS Tas | Jill Maxwell |
| Proxy: Holly Mason-White | ||
| Sisters Inside | SIS | Debbie Kilroy |
| Proxy: TBC | ||
| Women With Disabilities Australia | WWDA | Heidi La Paglia |
| Proxy: Saphia Grant | ||
| Women’s Essential Service Providers Tasmania | WESP Tas | TBC |
| Proxy: TBC | ||
| Women’s Legal Services Australia | WLSA | Yvette Cehtel |
| Proxy: Angela Lynch | ||
| TBC | ||
| Proxy: Ash Johnstone | ||
| WESNET | Julie Oberin | |
| Proxy: Margaret Augerinos | ||
| Young Women’s Advisory Group of Equality Rights Alliance | YWAG ERA | Linnea Burdon-Smith |
| Proxy: Karess Dias | ||
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) 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.