9 January 2020 WESNET, as contract manager and employer for the AWAVA secretariat based in Canberra, have released the following statement in light of an unfolding climate emergency and public health crisis in the ACT. "As you may know, the AWAVA Secretariat is located in Canberra, which has been subject to unhealthy and [...]
Australia slides on gender gap and peace & security index, including trans people in gender-based violence conversations, reports, surveys and more! 19 December 2019 Peak for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander family violence survivors defunded, WESNET phone program loses funding, resources, research and more 12 December 2019 WA family violence law reform package, group [...]
Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA) CEO Carolyn Frohmader for and on behalf of Disabled People’s Organisations Australia (DPO) and the National Women’s Alliances, including AWAVA, has prepared this Position Paper on the Status of Women and Girls with Disability in Australia. The paper covers the current status of women and girls with disability under the [...]
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AWAVA has written to the Hon Ken Wyatt AM MP, Minister for Indigenous Australians, requesting that funding be reinstated to the National Family Violence Prevention Legal Services Forum (National FVPLS Forum), and much-needed additional resources be allocated to the body. We were very concerned to learn that funding to National FVPLS Forum has been cut, [...]
AWAVA’s position Along with Fair Agenda and over 100 peak bodies and practitioners, we opposed the establishment of the inquiry. We made a joint statement calling for immediate action to make family law safer, separate from this unnecessary and harmful inquiry. Now that the inquiry is going ahead against our advice, we are [...]
On November 18 AWAVA Program Manager Dr Merrindahl Andrew delivered a presentation on “The Unique Role of Specialist Women’s Services in ending Violence Against Women” as part of the WESNET Webinar Series. Download the presentation here:
AWAVA has made a submission to the Senate Inquiry into the Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Income Management to Cashless Debit Card Transition) Bill 2019. We recommend that the Australian Government abandon the cashless debit cards legislation; establish a voluntary opt-in framework for welfare management; and apply intersectional gender lens to the social security policy. Download [...]
AWAVA has made a submission into the Religious Discrimination Bill - Exposure Draft. We have called on the government to prevent faith-based exemptions that may allow further discrimination against women and the LGBTIQ+ community. Download our submission here
Media statement 25 November 2019 The national body representing organisations working for women’s safety, Australian Women Against Violence Alliance (AWAVA), has called for the urgent implementation of safety mechanisms so that victims/survivors of family violence and abuse can share their stories safely with the new family law inquiry. AWAVA has written to the [...]