The CAWLS team took some time out on Friday evening to mark the ‘Opening of the Legal Year’ 🎊 👥 At the event hosted by the Law Society Northern Territory and the Chief Justice of the Northern Territory, our team had the opportunity to reflect on the contributions that legal assistance providers make to the…
⚠️ In the last 5 years, 1 in 3 people in the Australian workforce, have experienced sexual harassment. 📃 A national survey conducted by the Australian Human Rights Commission, showed that for more than half of the people who had repeated experiences, the harassment had been ongoing for more than 6 months. There are a…
✨ The CAWLS team celebrated the ‘Year of the Dragon’ last week, with a special Lunar New Year morning tea 🐲 🎆 Lunar New Year is spectacular, loud, and for many cultures across Asia, the most important festival of the year. Those born in the Year of the Dragon are believed to be ambitious, energetic…
📯 The Central Australian Women’s Legal Service and NT Working Women’s Centre are excited to be launching our new ‘Equality and Respect in the Workplace’ program 📚⚖️ To mark the event, we are holding a working women’s employment law evening event at CAWLS ✊ We invite Alice Springs business owners, NGO & Not for Profit…
Q: What is workplace sexual harassment? 🤔 A: Workplace sexual harassment is any unwelcome sexual behaviour that occurs at work 🙅 ⚠️ Just one incident of this unwelcome sexual behaviour is enough to constitute sexual harassment. There are legal and non-legal options available for Northern Territory employees if they have experienced sexual harassment ⚖️ CAWLS…
📣 We would like to give a special mention to the gifted and wonderful Fiona Gordon-Morrison, who received her ‘Diploma of Ki Yoga’ from the school of Ryoho, earlier this month (and is now one of just eight students worldwide to graduate this year!) 😲 Fiona has been working with the team at CAWLS for…
💬 Today is ‘Safer Internet Day’ – a global initiative, raising awareness of a safer and better internet for all … especially for children & young people 👀 We encourage you to take three simple actions when approaching online safety … Connect. Reflect. Protect 📱 ⛔️ CONNECT safely by keeping apps and devices secure and…
📍 Last week, our CAWLS Barkly team visited Ali Curung, for their monthly outreach visit 🚙💨 👥 The team attended bush court and reconnected with local service providers to get the word out about what kind of assistance we can offer to women across the Barkly – including those living in our more remote communities.…
Join us for essential training for all frontline workers in Central Australia, with a focus on managing disclosures of domestic, family sexual violence 📖 🗣️ Our full day course, presented by the Central Australian Women’s Legal Service, covers foundational information, in addition to the development of practical skills to respond to clients and patients at…
ℹ️ In an interesting case from New South Wales, as reported recently in The Australian, an Aboriginal mother was successful in appealing a decision of the Court, regarding her children. ⚖️ The decision under appeal, related to a Court granting a couple from Britain responsibility in relation to the mother’s two children who had been…
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