Author Archives: CAWLS Admin

uHaven… Coming Soon

📣 CAWLS is launching a new website for young people… a safe space to find help 📲🙏 ⏰ Launching this month … stay tuned 👀

Women’s World Cup’23

⚽️ The team at CAWLS are absolutely loving seeing women’s sport being celebrated through the FIFA Women’s World Cup, here in Australia and NZ 👏 👀 Last weekend, Barkly lawyers, past & present – from CAWLS and other services – headed to Melbourne, to watch some of these incredible sportspeople in action 💪 Did you…

Sisters in Law | 9 August 2023

ℹ️ ‘Sisters in Law’ – LIVE in conversation this week – with CAWLS lawyers, Sarah Edwards & Grace McCabe. 👥 Grace and Sarah myth bust the legal questions around the upcoming referendum on ‘The Voice’ to Parliament ⚖️🗣 💬 Information from this episode comes from ‘The Law Council of Australia’. For more information about their…

Homelessness Week ’23

Did you know… 🤔 ▪️ 40% of Territorians are renters – which is the highest in the country. The Territory also has the highest weekly housing costs. ▪️ 75% of homelessness in women is related to family and domestic violence … seeing 54,000 women homeless across Australia. ▪️ 34% of single women live in permanent…

Tennant Creek Women’s Wellbeing Camp

📍 The Central Australian Women’s Legal Service are grateful to have been invited to participate in the Tennant Creek Women’s Wellbeing Camp at Kunjarra (sacred site). Piliyintinji-ki Stronger Families brought together 20 local service providers, in an incredible display of collaboration, to create something very special for the women of Tennant Creek 🫶 👥 Our…

CAWLS x DCLS Seniors Month Workshops

ℹ️ August is Senior’s Month – and the Central Australian Women’s Legal Service, in collaboration with Darwin Community Legal Service – are proud to present 4 x free community workshops 👥 ______ 📣 Charter of Aged Care Rights 🗓️ Wednesday 23 August ⏰ 10am – 12pm 🔗https://Workshop_1.eventbrite.com.au ______ 📣 Problem of Neglect and Abandonment 🗓️…

Sisters in Law | 2 August 2023

ℹ️ This week on ‘Sisters in Law’, show host, Meg Wright, spoke with Darwin Director of the NT Working Women’s Centre (NTWWC) Nicki Petrou, about paid family violence leave. 🔎 Nicki commenced in her role back in 2020, bringing extensive experience from the community and private sectors. Nicki’s previous appointments include; Principal Solicitor of a…

#EndGenderBias Health Survey

🤔 Have you had issues with the quality of your healthcare because of your gender? 💭 Have you – or someone you care for – been unfairly treated as a woman in Australia’s healthcare system? ✊ Be part of the solution and complete the #EndGenderBias survey from the National Women’s Health Advisory Council 🗣 📊…

Grace Tame welcomes removal of ‘relationship’ from NT child sexual abuse laws

📣 On 27 July, the Central Australian Women’s Legal Service was invited by the Honourable Chansey Paech MLA, Attorney General and Minister of Justice, to attend a reception for Grace Tame at Parliament House, Darwin. We were inspired by Ms Tame speaking about the changes to the law and what it means for victims in the…

Anthony Jones sentenced after assaulting partner and sister

🗣“Totally unacceptable” were words used by Judge John McBride, when sentencing Anthony Jones for 5 x offences before the Alice Springs Local Court last week. Anthony Jones was sentenced for two counts of aggravated assault, unlawfully possessing property, breaching bail and disorderly behaviour in a public place 👨‍⚖️ The Court heard that the offending included…