🦋 Today is ‘Do it for Dolly‘ Day … Dolly’s Dream was established in memory of Dolly Everett, who tragically took her own life at just fourteeen, following an extended period of bullying and cyberbullying. Today is a beautiful reminder to speak up, even if your voice shakes… especially if your voice shakes… ❤️ 🙏…
📍 CAWLS recently attended the ‘19th Associations Forum National Conference‘ in Canberra. The Associations Forum is the leading organisation for training and educating associations and charities across Australia and the Asia Pacific 🗣️ 💬 The conference hosted over 480 attendees, who had the opportunity to engage with senior executives, board members & sector experts, as they…
💬 Women’s Legal Services Australia‘s Executive Officer, Lara Freidin, says fathers take “extraordinary measures” to reduce their taxable incomes and therefore payments for their children’s upkeep 🚨 🗣️ “Non-payment, underpayment and delayed payment of child support must be nationally recognised as a form of economic abuse that has long-lasting impacts on women and children, entrenching…
🗣⚠️ “How can you extend a program though and offer money and cash to women wanting to leave violent relationships, and not give more support to those frontline services who are then going to be dealing with those people?” … Excellent question from ABC News’, Lisa Millar 👏 📢 Women’s Legal Services across the country…
⚖️ Access to Justice in the Barkly is a collective group of four legal assistance services (CAWLS, Legal Aid NT, North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency & Central Australian Aboriginal Family Legal Unit), working collaboratively to improve legal service delivery in our region. With grant support from the Northern Territory Government, we are working on an…
📢 “I don’t want to be brave… I want to be safe”… just one of thousands of powerful sentiments screaming across placards over the weekend… On Sunday, CAWLS stood with thousands of people, on the footsteps of our country’s Capital, protesting violence again women ✊ 📣 The Canberra rally followed numerous other events across Australia…
📍 Last week, the Central Australian Women’s Legal Service attended the inaugural ‘National Family Violence Symposium’, hosted by the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia ⚖️ 💬 The Symposium brought together 80+ participants to discuss ways the Court can better meet the needs of court users experiencing or at risk of family violence. 🗣️…
💬 Passionate about education, responding to DFSV and promoting gender equality? 🙋 Looking to further develop your career by bringing together your experience in health or the DFSV sector, education, co-design and project management? 🤝 You won’t want to miss this… 🙌 🔎 CAWLS is recruiting for three unique roles to establish the NT Local…
👥 The Central Australian Women’s Legal Service are delighted to have been selected as the provider for the NT ‘Local Link’ pilot project 🤝 🔎 We’re now getting to work to develop a new service to support primary care responses to those affected by family, domestic and sexual violence and child sexual abuse (DFSV). 📖…
⚠️ The Central Australian Women’s Legal Service is currently experiencing technical difficulties with our phone & data service. 🛑 Our drop in service is currently closed. Pre-existing appointments will be seen at our Alice Springs & Tennant Creek offices. 📞 As always, if you need immediate assistance, please call Northern Territory Police, Fire and Emergency…
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