Many of you will remember a few weeks ago AWAVA asking you to sign an on-line petition to strip a man of a bravery medal awarded after the Black Saturday fires - a man who was convicted of severely assaulting his partner and currently serving time in prison. This week, we are happy to share with everyone [...]
AWAVA joined several of our Advisory Group member organisations in writing to the Attorney-General on 21 June in support of including domestic violence as a ground of discrimination in the consolidated Commonwealth Anti-Discrimination Laws. In January 2012, AWAVA formally endorsed and supported the Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse (ADFVC) submission to the Attorney-General's Department. [...]
AWAVA is supporting and endorsing the Safe Events Respectful Clubs and Societies (SERCS) program that has been developed by one of our Advisory Group member organisations, the National Union of Students (NUS), by NUS Women's Officer, Noni Sproule, in partnership with South Eastern Centre Against Sexual Assault (SECASA) SERCS is a resource and training that [...]
Friday, June 15th, was World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) - an issue that is becoming more wide-spread in Australia as our population ages, and which particularly affects older women. You can learn more about what elder abuse is here (which includes links to the WHO fact sheets on elder abuse) - and if you have [...]
] 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 [...]