Women’s safety advocates last week raised serious concerns about the Commonwealth’s grants program for ‘Specialised Family Violence Services’. This blog post recounts how the issue has progressed, outlines AWAVA’s concerns, and explains how this case exemplifies why the specialist women’s services sector needs to be involved in a process of co-design before grants go out [...]
AWAVA has made a submission to the Department of Social Services on the terms of reference for the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability. Download our submission here
AWAVA has made a submission in response to the Senate Inquiry into the Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Income Management and Cashless Welfare) Bill 2019. Download our submission here
6 March 2019 The Australian Women Against Violence Alliance (AWAVA) welcomes the substantial investment in this package and looks forward to working on the detailed implementation. We are particularly pleased to see the strong investment in primary prevention and recognition that this work needs to be done with communities in their diversity. As we move [...]
AWAVA has made a submission to the National Inquiry into Sexual Harassment in Australian Workplaces. Download our submission here
AWAVA has made a submission in response to the public consultation on the review of early release of superannuation benefits. Download our submission here
AWAVA has made a submission on the Comprehensive National Review of Implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. Download our submission here
11 February 2019 An NGO Alliance working to end violence against women has welcomed the Prime Minister’s announcement of $78 million to increase accommodation for women and children facing family violence, but has raised questions about how the funds will be delivered. Australian Women Against Violence Alliance has also questioned whether other [...]
AWAVA has made a submission to inform the Australian Government's priority-setting for the 63rd Session on the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW63). Download our submission here
AWAVA has made a submission on priorities for the 2019-2020 federal Budget on measures to reduce violence against women. Download our submission here