World-first framework for the primary prevention of violence against women and more * Round-Up 23 November Our Watch, in partnership with Vic Health and ANROWS, have released Change the Story, ​a shared framework for preventing violence against women and their children. The framework, the first of its kind in the world, makes it clear that [...]

In Victoria, schools will soon offer an elective course on feminism designed by Fitzroy High School’s feminist collective. The course is aimed at male and female secondary students and includes about 30 lessons on systemic sexism, the objectification of women, and the link between gender inequality and violence against women. Teacher Briony O’Keefe says a growing number [...]

Welcome to AWAVA’s weekly round-up of news. This week, Victorian MP Cathy McGowan introduced a private member’s bill to amend the Family Law Act to stop alleged abusers from cross-examining victims of domestic violence. Community pressure on the government to pass the amendment is building. You can support this cause by signing ‘Eleanor’s Petition’ on [...]

AWAVA is hiring! We are looking for a casual policy officer to join our Canberra office for three to four months. The Policy Officer will provide support to the Program Manager to deliver the aims and objectives of AWAVA. On a day to day basis the Policy Officer will be responsible for drafting policy documents [...]

Following incidents of sexual assault in Australia’s offshore detention centres, leaders such as Rosie Batty have called on the government to end offshore detention, stating that detention centres are “by their very design, unsafe and dangerous places.” AWAVA has joined the large and growing number of people requesting that the government take urgent action. Read [...]

This week the Attorney General’s Department announced that nearly $15m of the $100m Women’s Safety Package will be allocated to the establishment of domestic violence hubs. These units will bring various experts such as lawyers, social workers, health professionals and translators to one location. The 12 new domestic violence hubs, six of which will be [...]

Welcome to this week’s round up of news about preventing and responding to violence against women. On Thursday last week, the Government released the Women’s Safety Package to Stop The Violence. The $100m package includes funding for school anti-violence programs, steps towards using technology for women’s safety, and expansion of ‘safe at home’ programs. While [...]

Welcome to this week’s round up of news about preventing and responding to violence against women. Labor MPs Terri Butler and Tim Watts are proposing a private members’ bill to criminalise so-called “revenge porn,” or the distribution of explicit images without consent. We look forward to seeing developments in this area. As Clementine Ford wrote [...]

Welcome to this week’s round up. This week, in Queensland and Sydney, three women and two children have been murdered, bringing the number of women who have been killed this year to sixty-two. In all of these cases, the alleged perpetrators were known to the victims. The numbers are grim, as are the stories of [...]

Welcome to the latest edition of the AWAVA weekly round-up! Last week was Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Elizabeth Broderick’s last week in the role. Elizabeth Broderick has made immense contributions to improving the lives of women and girls over her 8 years in this role and we pay our respect to her. In a recent speech [...]