AWAVA has made a submission to the Senate Inquiry on Delivery of National Outcome 4 of the National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and Their Children. Download the submission here
AWAVA has made a submission to the Department of Immigration and Border Protection in response to the public consultation on visa simplification. Our submission aims to answer the consultation question of needed considerations when simplifying the visa system namely retaining, improving and extending family violence provisions. We aim to provide an analysis of the [...]
AWAVA & Equality Rights Alliance (ERA) has made a joint Submission in response to the Productivity Commission’s Draft Report on Introducing Competition and Informed User Choice into Human Services. Download the submission here
AWAVA made a submission to the Family Law Amendment (Family Violence and Cross-examination of Parties) Bill 2017—Public Consultation on Cross-examination Amendment. Download the submission here
AWAVA made a submission into the Labor Party’s National Conversation on Gender Equity. Download our submission here
With a variety of different organisations in Australia providing services to survivors / victims of violence, it is important to recognise the proven efficacy of the established specialist women’s services sector. These services are at the forefront of ending violence against women. The impact and effectiveness of these specialist services is underpinned by a set [...]
We welcome the opportunity to make a submission submission as part of the Commonwealth’s consultation on a new civil penalties regime for the non-consensual sharing of intimate images, and related matters. AWAVA supports moves to criminalise the non-consensual sharing of intimate images in Commonwealth law. As we have previously stated in our submission to the 2016 Senate [...]
Children and families are entering the child protection system with increasingly complex family circumstances, including domestic and family violence. Victims/survivors of domestic and family violence often do not receive the support they need to maintain or re-establish their caring roles while building lives that are safe from violence. The aim of this page is to [...]
*Download a glossy version of the brochure here Violence against women is endemic, and it affects women of every class, age, sexuality, race, ability/disability, religion or other background. The main driver of violence against women is gender inequality, which operates on many levels from social and cultural norms to economic and structural [...]
AWAVA made a submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into a better family law system to support and protect those affected by family violence. Download the submission here to read more about our recommendations