CLCNSW First Nations Scholarship Program Student

👩‍🎓 We were privileged to welcome Tonkya Jamieson at CAWLS for a two-week student placement through the Community Legal Centres NSW First Nations Scholarship Program, earlier this month. This placement was made possible through a collaboration between CAWLS and the ‘McDonald Property Street Syndicate’ from Alice Springs 🙏 📖 The First Nations Cadetship Program, currently…

LGBTQIA+ Domestic Violence Awareness Day

📣 Today, we acknowledge LGBTQIA+ Domestic Violence Awareness Day – a day to take a stand against Domestic and Family Violence in LGBTQIA+ communities 🤍 Everyone deserves to live without fear of violence and abuse 🙌 CAWLS acknowledges that intersectionality is a critical principle that influences barriers and risks that victim-survivors may face. All of…

National Reconciliation Week 2022

Today is the start of ‘National Reconciliation Week 2022‘ – a time for ALL Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures & achievements, and to explore how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia 🌏💙 The 2022 theme of ‘Be Brave – Make Change‘ is a challenge to us all to…

CAWLS visits Ali Curung

📍 Last week, our Tennant Creek lawyers headed out to Ali Curung for bush court 👩‍⚖️ ⚖️ Anisha & Mollie provided a duty lawyer service at the court and helped the women of Ali Curung with their DV matters 🙏 Our dynamic Barkly duo also picked up a few new clients from the community, who…

CAWLS Community Training | Identifying and Responding to Family Violence’ Training

CAWLS Community Training for 2022 is underway, with our first ‘Identifying and Responding to Family Violence’ session, delivered late last month 💪📖 👏 Our team would like to extend a massive thanks to the following organisations, who contributed to an informed and insightful training 👇 💬 Tangentyere Women’s Family Safety Group 💬 Women’s Safety Services…