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Media Release – 25 Nov – Day Against Violence

In 1999 the United Nations declared November 25 as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women with the aim of inviting the organisation of activities designated to raise public awareness. Women’s activists have marked 25 November as a day against violence since 1981 marking the brutal assassination in 1960 of the three Mirabel sisters, political activists in the Dominican Republic, on orders from Dominican ruler Rafael Trujillo.

November 25th is also White Ribbon Day. AWAVA supports White Ribbon Day which urges men to speak out against violence against women. White Ribbon Day was established by men on the second anniversary of one man’s massacre of fourteen women in Montreal. AWAVA calls on all men to step forward speak up and join the campaign to stop the endemic violence against women and their children in Australia and across the world.

Click here to download the full media release from AWAVA.

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AWAVA calling for contributions to the submission to the Family Violence Bill

AWAVA as the National Women’s Alliance focusing on combating all forms of violence against women will be preparing a submission to the Attorney-General and the Australian Law Reform Commission on the Family Violence Bill tabled for public consultation. The time line is very tight with the submission opportunity closing on 14th January 2011. This also means that the submission will be developed in December and the only window for endorsement is in the Christmas and New Year week which is not practical. Therefore the submission will indicate who has contributed to it rather than who has endorsed it.

If you wish to contribute your views to AWAVA’s submission please contact us by email. The submission will be developed within a framework which maximises the safety of women and their children and which reflects a sophisticated understanding of domestic and family violence in Australian society. You can find the proposed changes and other details here.

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