NTWLS Advocacy Series | ‘Law and Justice Foundation’ Assessment

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Experiencing domestic & family violence can have significant legal impacts… 🧑‍⚖️ 📃 In 2019, the ‘Law and Justice Foundation’ conducted the first quantitate assessment on legal and related problems coinciding with DFV. 📑 Key findings included, that those who had experienced DFV, were 10 times more likely than others, to experience other legal problems, particularly…

Sisters in Law | 9 March 2022

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🎙️ This week on Sister’s in Law, our team put the spotlight on ‘International Women’s Day’ ♀️ CAWLS Staff, Meaghan and Jazz, were in the studio discussing how to #BreakTheBias in every day life, the challenges women face in male-dominated fields (such as law) and why women specialist services are essential 🗣️ CAWLS acknowledge the…

IWD and ‘Equal Futures Fair’ | Event Wrap

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Yesterday, we celebrated the strength, resistance & power of all women for International Women’s Day and its 2022 theme of #BreakTheBias 💜♀️ Over the weekend, CAWLS and other local services, came together to acknowledge the incredible leadership of women in Alice Springs at the ‘Equal Futures Fair’ ✨ We recognise the challenges women face every…

NTWLS Advocacy Series | Intimate Partner Violence

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😞 Intimate partner violence contributes to more death, disability and illness in Australian women aged 15-44, than any other preventable risk factor, including smoking, obesity & high blood pressure… 🔎➡️ https://bit.ly/ANROWSBurdenofDisease ⚖️ Central Australian Women’s Legal Service ⚖️ Top End Women’s Legal Service ⚖️ Katherine Women’s Information & Legal Service

International Women’s Day 2022

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👭 Our hearts are so full … our social feeds have been flooded with love, shout outs and messages of appreciation & support for the incredible women of Central Australia and the world today, as everyone celebrates International Women’s Day 2022 🌏 👐 CAWLS are a strong team of diverse, independent, unique & passionate women,…

Sisters in Law | 2 March 2022

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🎙️ This week on ‘Sisters in Law‘, our Tennant Creek based lawyer, Anisha Hegde, dialled in to join us in the studio virtually to share how services collaborate across the Barkly region to address and remove barriers to access justice ⚖️ The four Barkly legal services – CAWLS, CAAFLU, NAAJA & NTLAC – have been…

NTWLS Advocacy Series | Unpursued in the Top End

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👮 Police in the Northern Territory are less likely to pursue a sexual assault report than police in any other state or territory… 🚨 🔎➡️ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-20/sexual-assaults-reported-to-nt-police-least-likely-to-be-pursued/11917478 ⚖️ Central Australian Women’s Legal Service (CAWLS) ⚖️ Top End Women’s Legal Service (TEWLS) ⚖️ Katherine Women’s Information & Legal Service (KWILS)