📅 Today is Day 7 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 5 : Recognise the signs of abuse and know how you can help. Abuse isn’t just physical – and sometimes it’s…
📣 Responding to Domestic and Family Violence 📖 FREE Training 📍 Wednesday 16 December 2020 from 9am – 1pm The Central Australian Women’s Legal Service welcomes service providers and individuals in the Central Region to join our free training seminar, to gain a deeper insight and knowledge into how to identify and respond to disclosures of domestic…
📋 Last week, CAWLS held their Annual General Meeting — where the ‘Annual Report’ and ‘Audited Financial Report’ for 2019/20 were presented and board members for 2020/21 were elected 🗳 👥 The CAWLS Board is made up of 10 volunteer members – all women based in Central Australia – with a variety of professional…
📅 Today is Day 6 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 4 : Understand consent ☕ It’s as simple as tea… Check out one of our favourite explanations of consent 🎞️➡️…
📅 Yesterday, was Day 5 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 3 : Call for responses fit for purpose. CAWLS is represented on wide range of law reform bodies, community groups…
📅 Today is Day 4 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 2 : Teach the next generation and learn from them. CAWLS is trained to deliver Love BiTES – a respectful relationships…
📅 Today is Day 3 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 1 : Listen to and believe survivors. Even today, too many women are prevented from reporting their experience of family…
“Women—especially Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women—are being misidentified as perpetrators on protection orders and the effects of this are far-reaching” This resonates strongly with the experience of our clients and CAWLS lawyers. This week, ANROWS has released a report titled “Accurately identifying the ‘person most in need of protection’ in domestic and family violence law“.…
📅 Today is Day 2 of the ‘16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence’. 🧑🤝🧑 Everyone has a role to play in eliminating gender-based violence 🌏 UN Women has put together a list of 10 simple steps we can all make a difference, safely and impactfully 👇 ✅ Listen to and believe…
📅 Today marks the start of ‘16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence’. 📣 CAWLS are joining organisations, leaders, individuals and businesses around the globe in the call to ‘Orange the World: Fund, Respond, Prevent, Collect!’ This year has been like no other 🙅♀️ Even before COVID-19 hit, violence against women and girls had reached…
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