How will we now protect survivors and victims of domestic violence from the discrimination we know they face in the workplace and in accessing safe, secure, long-term accommodation? The Attorney General, Mark Dreyfus QC, has just announced that the Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Bill 2012 will be on hold, missing a once-in-a-decade opportunity to introduce much-needed protections [...]
As CSW57 is winding up in New York the AWAVA delegation have been working hard to support negotiations and secure outcomes to end violence against women and girls. No doubt there will be lots of newsworthy items from the UN early next week on the Agreed Conclusions - although news reports this week suggest continual [...]
The AWAVA crew were busy, busy, busy this week with final preparations for CSW57! AWAVA are very pleased to be sending a delegation of 7 women, with expertise across the preventing violence against women sector, joining hundreds of women globally, to negotiate outcomes for eliminating and preventing all forms of violence against women and girls. AWAVA are [...]
AWAVA's Chair, Julie Oberin, attended the inaugural National Rural Women's Conference in Canberra to showcase Stopping Violence Against Women Before It Happens: A Practical Toolkit for Communities, developed in partnership with NRWC and CQU's CDFVR. The National Women's Alliances also launched Priorities for Women 2013, a joint project encouraging women to enrol to vote and to vote as women. [...]
Today the six National Women’s Alliances launched their joint project, Priorities for Women 2013. Together the Alliances will be working to increase women’s political participation as enshrined in article 7 of the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). Using CEDAW as the framework, the Priorities for Women vision is for a truly [...]
Yesterday, 14 February, saw supporters of women's rights come together worldwide to dance and celebrate V-Day's One Billion Rising, calling for an end to violence against women. To read more about the UN's support for this campaign click here. Access more information and see live recordings of One Billion Rising events from around the world by following [...]
The zero draft Agreed Conclusions for the 57th session of the Commission for the Status of Women (CSW57) is out now for comment, this formulates the basis for negotiations at CSW57. The theme this year is the Elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls. If you have any suggestions for language to [...]
This week we were reminded of the complexities of addressing female genital cutting/mutilation (FGM/C), and the global fight to end it, as we recognised International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation on 6 February. We hope you found some time to read AWAVA's post and to have a look at some of the great work both in [...]
AWAVA are currently recruiting for a Policy Officer to join the team in Canberra. AWAVA is seeking an independent, motivated and innovative part-time policy officer to join the team in Canberra with the opportunity to deputise for the AWAVA Program Manager. The position is 2 days a week for the current contract period (until 30 [...]
There are plenty of good articles this week in the round-up to keep you reading for a while, but, before you start, make sure you watch this insightful YouTube clip featuring speaker Leslie Morgan Steiner, a domestic violence survivor sharing her own experience, and answering Why domestic violence victims don't leave. Last week on 23 [...]