This week, AWAVA has been following reports on sexism. We have been following reports on why a focus on women politicians' appearance fuels sexism; why women's looks still count and how ""praising women's looks is not necessarily a compliment but a reminder that they are not quite on the same level as men, whose worth is measured [...]
Over 80% of women and girls worldwide face street harassment: catcalls, groping, sexual comments and public masturbation. Street harassment limits women and girls' mobility and access to public spaces and is a form of violence against women and a human rights violation. Last week was International End Sexual Harassment Week – AWAVA joined in with tweeting to raise awareness. Read [...]
Stark reminders this week that there is a way to go to change victim-blaming attitudes for violence against women offences, and still a need to challenge mainstream media reporting and broadcasting of violence against women, both at home and internationally. Greater focus on perpetrator behaviour is needed, with a recognition that it's everyone's responsibility [...]
AWAVA joined 96 other organisations, including many of our member organisations and Friends & Supporters, in calling on the Government to pass the Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Bill 2012 through parliament by the end of June this year and welcoming the additional protected attributes suggested in the recommendations made by the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee. [...]
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 [...]