⚖️ Women from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds can face a range of additional barriers in disclosing family & domestic violence… CALD groups require specific supports, that are often not addressed by generalised strategies 😔 💡 ANROWS has collated a range of resources, papers, reports and research projects that explore the barriers to service provision…
Why women only services? 🤔♀️ … because, women from culturally & linguistically diverse backgrounds are often less likely to seek help 😞 💭 Do you know CAWLS runs a service to provide migration advice? ⚖️ Call us on 1800 684 055 to book an appointment with our registered migration agent/lawyer to discuss your situation ……
🤝 Services embedded in local communities are more likely to be successful in responding to family & domestic violence. 🗣️ ANROWS has called for specialist domestic and family violence agencies, based on a hub-and-spoke model, to be provided with adequate levels of staffing and funding, to enable reach across large distances and move beyond crisis…
Why women only services? 🤔♀️ … because, in rural, regional and remote communities, abusers use isolation to exert control 😔 ⚖️ Central Australian Womens Legal Service ⚖️ Top End Women’s Legal Service ⚖️ Katherine Women’s Information & Legal Service
Tailored supports to assist women to recover from financial abuse are key to supporting the long-term safety of women & children 🤝 The ‘Escaping Violence Payment’ was launched last year and aims to support existing programs offered by states and territories 💵🙏 ⚖️ Women’s Legal Services can help you with applications for crisis and support…
Why women only services? 🤔♀️ … because, economic dependence on an abuser is a major barrier to leaving domestic & family violence situations 💸😔 ⚖️ Central Australian Women’s Legal Service ⚖️ Top End Women’s Legal Service ⚖️ Katherine Women’s Information & Legal Service
Community attitudes towards violence against women remain problematic ⚖️😔 The ‘2017 National Community Attitudes Towards Violence Against Women’ Survey highlighted that many young people STILL hold attitudes supportive of violence against women 🤯 📖 Read the full report via ➡️ https://ncas.anrows.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2017NCAS-Youth-SubReport.pdf ⚖️ Central Australian Women’s Legal Service ⚖️ Top End Women’s Legal Service ⚖️ Katherine…
Why women only services? 🤔♀️ … because, 45% of young people think women exaggerate gender inequality 😐 ⚖️ Central Australian Women’s Legal Service ⚖️ Top End Women’s Legal Service ⚖️ Katherine Women’s Information & Legal Service
⚠️📖 This is your LAST CHANCE to buy a seat to the ‘Identifying & Responding to Family Violence’ training, hosted by CAWLS, this Friday 25 March … only 5 tickets remain! 😱🎫 This training aims to strengthen understandings and provide an insight into legal responses to domestic & family violence across Central Australia 📕 🗣️…
Most women in custody have experienced domestic & family violence ⚖️😔 ‘ANROWS Research Synthesis’ shows there are well-established links between women’s experiences of domestic, family and sexual violence and imprisonment 🚨 Women can become caught in cycles of imprisonment and experiencing violence. Violence increases the risk and effects of imprisonment … and imprisonment increases the…
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