Changes to the definition of domestic violence and abuse were announced this week in Australia and in the UK: the definition in Queensland has been expanded to include non-violent behaviour, and in the UK 'coercive control' - the pattern of ongoing power and control - is now recognised. This is particularly significant given preparations for the 57th [...]
The National Rural Women’s Coalition (NRWC), AWAVA and Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research (CDFVR), CQUniversity Toolkit Stopping Violence Against Women Before it Happens: A Practical Toolkit for Communities launched by Minister Julie Collins “We need to break the silences that surround violence against women. We need men and women in our communities to have [...]
“We need to break the silences that surround violence against women. We need men and women in our communities to have those difficult conversations and to start to redress gender and other social inequalities. We need our communities to recognise that it’s everyone's responsibility to address violence against women - this Toolkit is a great [...]
Information on progress against the National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and their Children 2010-22 and the National Priorities is now available following the first National Plan Implementation Panel (NPIP) in April 2012. The update is provided from the National Plan Secretariat, Safety Taskforce Branch, FaHCSIA and can be accessed here Some of the highlights: [...]
AWAVA joined several of our Advisory Group member organisations in writing to the Attorney-General on 21 June in support of including domestic violence as a ground of discrimination in the consolidated Commonwealth Anti-Discrimination Laws. In January 2012, AWAVA formally endorsed and supported the Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse (ADFVC) submission to the Attorney-General's Department. [...]
AWAVA is supporting and endorsing the Safe Events Respectful Clubs and Societies (SERCS) program that has been developed by one of our Advisory Group member organisations, the National Union of Students (NUS), by NUS Women's Officer, Noni Sproule, in partnership with South Eastern Centre Against Sexual Assault (SECASA) SERCS is a resource and training that [...]
] Show your support and endorse the NGOs' Follow-Up Report to CEDAW AWAVA and NATSIWA are seeking endorsement, in part or in full, for the NGOs' Follow-up Report to the CEDAW Committee's 2010 Interim Recommendations on addressing violence against women, and actions for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women Show your organisations support for the [...]
AWAVA welcomes the establishment of the statutory office of the National Children's Commissioner within the Australian Human Rights Commission, see our here
This week's round-up certainly has an international flavour, with all of our articles coming from outside Australia this week. In NZ, Women's Refuge are still wanting more information on the police statistics of domestic and family violence Anushay Hossain speaks out about rape as a weapon of war in the Bangledesh war of Independence, and the legacy this left [...]
AWAVA joins the growing expressions of concern about the misogynistic and sexist treatment of Australia’s first woman Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, within Parliament, in the media and within the community. AWAVA endorses the Open Letter from women’s organisations nationally stating that the public treatment of the Prime Minister is akin to the scourge of interpersonal violence [...]