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…
Why women only services? 🤔♀️ … because, the majority of women in prison have experienced family and domestic violence 😔 ⚖️ Central Australian Women’s Legal Service ⚖️ Top End Women’s Legal Service ⚖️ Katherine Women’s Information & Legal Service
⚠️ Youpla (formerly trading as Aboriginal Community Benefit Fund or ACBF) funeral insurers have gone into liquidation ⚠️ This is going to have a HUGE financial impact on thousands of First Nations People – with CAWLS already seeing clients who have been affected 😥 People who thought that they were doing the right thing by…
📃 The Australian Bureau of Statistics released the ‘Prisoners in Australia Report’ last year, showing that within 12 months, the number of female prisoners had increased by 37% 📈😧 🔎➡️ https://ntindependent.com.au/news-brief-prisoner-rates-in-the-nt-increased ⚖️ Central Australian Women’s Legal Service ⚖️ Top End Women’s Legal Service ⚖️ Katherine Women’s Information & Legal Service
Why women only services? 🤔 ♀️ … because, in the Northern Territory, there has been a 37% increase in female prisoners over the last 12 month 🚨 ⚖️ Central Australian Women’s Legal Service ⚖️ Top End Women’s Legal Service ⚖️ Katherine Women’s Legal Service
🎥 Last week, our CAWLS team were delighted to be invited as guests by the NT Working Women’s Centre, to their IWD celebratory movie screening of ‘Women of Steel‘. 🎞️ ‘Women of Steel‘ is a documentary detailing the strength, resilience and power of a group of women, who fought for women’s equal access to employment…
In 2019, an Australian-first study revealed that victims of domestic and family violence are 10 times more likely than others to experience myriad legal problems such as family, civil & criminal law disputes ⚖️ 🗣️ “Combatting domestic & family violence requires a complex and coordinated response across ALL jurisdictions and human service providers” explains President…
😲 It is now just under two weeks until our first training of ‘Identifying & Responding to Family Violence’ for 2022 … don’t miss out on your tickets to this crucial and worthwhile training for community and sector staff 📖💪 CAWLS are collaborating with other local service providers to deliver an integrated training where participants…
Why women only services? 😔♀️ … because, victim survivors of domestic violence are ten times more likely to experience other legal problems 😔⚖️ ⚖️ Central Australian Women’s Legal Service ⚖️ Top End Women’s Legal Service ⚖️ Katherine Women’s Information & Legal Service
📣 Attention Tennant Creek Service Providers 👋 CAWLS is delivering ‘Identifying and Responding to Family Violence’ Training on Tuesday 29 March in Tennant Creek. 🗣️ This training aims to strengthen understandings of family violence and its legal responses, including mandatory reporting obligations. Local Tennant Creek services such as the Tangentyere Women’s Family Safety Group, Tennant…
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