In this submission, AWAVA and WESNET support the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012 as an important vehicle to progress gender equality and, in turn, reduce violence against women and their children. Opportunities exist, however, to modernise the Act, particularly to acknowledge and respond to domestic and family violence as a workplace issue. Download the report: [...]
The Report for the joint National Rural Women's Coalition and AWAVA's Interactive Webinar Consultation for the Second National plan. The webinar was held on 26 May 2021. Download the report:
In this submission we highlight that women with disability are more likely to experience more severe and frequent violence, by a wider array of perpetrators. They are additionally likely to encounter more barriers in seeking protection and justice. Girls and young women with disability are exposed to a broad range of violence perpetrated by carers, [...]