] 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 [...]
This week has seen plenty of focus on violence against women in the news, with the new Family Violence laws and definitions coming into effect this week - if you've missed them, we've captured a few of these articles below for you: Attorney General, Nicola Roxon, announces changes that will broaden the definition of Family Violence to [...]
Please see below for an important Media Release from the Attorney General's office today. It highlights the changes to the Family Law Act, designed to better protect children that are exposed to Family Violence. These changes come into effect today THE HON NICOLA ROXON MPAttorney-General Minister for Emergency Management MEDIA RELEASE [...]
AWAVA welcomes the establishment of the statutory office of the National Children's Commissioner within the Australian Human Rights Commission, see our here
Welcome to our new subscribers and Happy Official Winter everyone! Quite a few of you have joined in the past few weeks, and it's exciting to have our readership grow and know that these important stories are reaching further afield every day. Make sure you share these articles, events and news with your networks or [...]
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 [...]
As winter well and truly sets in across the southern states, it seems like the perfect time to snuggle up with a warm bowl of soup and take some time out to read what is happening in the VAW sector, both at home and around the world Around the nation AWAVA Advisory Group members Anne [...]
The AWAVA crew have had a busy couple of weeks! The Advisory Group met last week in Melbourne to work on strategic planning and the future direction for the Alliance. It was very productive with excellent engagement from members across a number of sectors. JERA International provided Advisory Group members with in-depth, informative training on [...]
In yet another short week this month, not a lot has crossed our virtual desks in relation to Violence Against Women - but importantly, the National Plan Implementation Panel (NPIP) has been announced and held its first meeting this week (26 and 27 April). Picking up on last week's final roundtables for the Special Rapporteur [...]