Welcome to the latest weekly round-up from the responding to violence against women sector. The 2015 Male Champions of Change business forum was held in Sydney on Tuesday. We are pleased to see the commitment of leaders in the business community to tackling both gender equality and domestic violence, and are delighted that domestic violence [...]
Welcome to AWAVA’s weekly round-up! This week, we bring great news from Victoria, where the government has introduced family violence leave for public servants. We would like to congratulate the government for recognising domestic violence as a workplace issue and showing commitment to securing women’s economic independence! For further commentary on the implications of domestic [...]
Welcome to this week’s round-up! Every week, we provide you with links detailing developments in the responding to violence against women sector over the past week. This week, we have encouraging news from Tasmania, where the government has promised $25.6 million in funding for a state-wide family violence plan. The plan includes efforts to improve [...]
National Roundtable on violence against women in culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities and more* Welcome to the latest edition of AWAVA’s Round-Up of the Anti-Violence against Women Sector. This week, the government held a National Roundtable on violence against women in culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities. Follow AWAVA_women on Twitter for updates from [...]
Welcome to AWAVA’s weekly round-up. This week, the number of women killed as a result of domestic violence has tragically increased to 53. Given the extent and severity of gender based violence, AWAVA is of the firm belief that all sections of society need to challenge culturally entrenched beliefs and work towards achieving gender equality. [...]
Welcome to the latest edition of AWAVA’s weekly round-up. The Royal Commission into Family Violence continues in Victoria this week. Find out more about developments from the Royal Commission in our special Royal Commission section! You can also live stream the hearings and read all the submissions made to the Commission on their website. In [...]
Welcome to this week’s AWAVA Round-Up for the latest information from the responding to violence against women sector. AWAVA is hiring! We are looking for a Program Manager to lead our Canberra secretariat. More information on the role can be found here! Applications close on 03 August. In other news, Victoria’s Royal Commission into Family [...]
Welcome to the latest edition of AWAVA’s Weekly Round-Up. This week, the Queensland government took a very positive step in announcing that it will trial a specialist domestic violence court. We are pleased to see that significant steps are being taken to improve women’s access to justice and are looking forward to future developments in [...]
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Weekly Round-Up. AWAVA is recruiting! We are looking for a Program Manager to lead our Canberra secretariat. More information on the role can be found here. In other news, a five year national partnership agreement on legal assistance services was signed this week. This agreement promises $1.3 billion [...]
Welcome to the latest edition of the AWAVA Weekly Round-Up. This week, the number of women who have lost their lives to violence has increased to 47. This highlights the urgent need for action to address ever increasing levels of violence against women. AWAVA is pleased that further steps are being taken to ensure women’s [...]