👋 The CAWLS team were delighted to welcome CEO of the NT Law Society, Kelvin Strange, for a tour of our office before the Law Society’s end of year celebration in Alice Springs. Lawyers working in Central Australia and the Barkly face unique challenges in their demanding practice 🤔 An active and interested membership organisation…
📅 Today brings UN Women’s ‘16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence’ to a close… For the past 16 Days (of Activism), UN Women handed over the mic to survivors, activists and UN partners on the ground, to tell the story of what happened after COVID-19 hit. 📣 The voices of activists and survivors were…
📅 Today is Day 13 of the ‘16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence’. Over the past 10 days, we’ve had a look at some of the simple steps we can all take to make a difference, safely and impactfully. ℹ️ For more ideas, visit ➡️ https://bit.ly/33H2fjv 👋 Want to learn more? Perhaps you want to…
📅 Today is Day 12 of the ‘16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence’. UN Women have put together a list of 10 simple steps we can all make a difference, safely and impactfully. Step 9 : Know the data and demand more of it 💭 To effectively combat gender-based violence, we need to understand…
📅 Today is Day 11 of the ‘16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence’. UN Women have put together a list of 10 simple steps we can all make a difference, safely and impactfully. Step 9 : Hold each other accountable This often feels like a tough one – just like bystander intervention – but…
📅 Today is Day 10 of the ‘16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence’. UN Women have put together a list of 10 simple steps we can all make a difference, safely and impactfully. Step 8 : Fund women’s organisations Funding for specialist women’s legal services is stretched. You might not be able to contribute…
📅 Today is Day 9 of the ‘16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence’. UN Women have put together a list of 10 simple steps we can all make a difference, safely and impactfully. Step 7 : Stand up against rape culture You can do this every day by making conscious choices about the language…
The Access to Justice in the Barkly Report has served as an important reminder that we need to work more collaboratively and efficiently to reach our remote and disadvantaged clients in the Barkly region ⚖️ 📖 CAWLS Tennant Creek Lawyer, Anisha Hegde, has written a piece in the NT Law Society’s publication ‘Balance’ on how…
📅 Today is Day 8 of the ‘16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence’. UN Women have put together a list of 10 simple steps we can all make a difference, safely and impactfully Step 6 : Start a conversation 🗣️ There are many ways to start a conversation about family and domestic violence. During…
CAWLS Managing Principal Solicitor, Janet Taylor, has been recognised as a finalist in the Women in Law Awards 🏆 Not one to put herself forward, the nomination took her by surprise … just as we had intended 😏 Janet has led CAWLS for over a decade steadily expanding our service to advocate and empower women…
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