😞 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
👭 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,…
Why women only services? 🤔♀️ … because, 71% of domestic family violence assaults in the Northern Territory are committed by a current or former intimate partner 😔🙅♀️ ⚖️ Central Australian Women’s Legal Service (CAWLS) ⚖️ Top End Women’s Legal Service (TEWLS) ⚖️ Katherine Women’s Information & Legal Service (KWILS)
🎙️ 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…
👮 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)
Why women only services? 🤔♀️ … because, the rate of sexual assault in the Northern Territory is 50% higher than the national rate … and 91% of sexual assault victims are women 📈🙅♀️😡 ⚖️ Central Australian Women’s Legal Service (CAWLS) ⚖️ Top End Women’s Legal Service (TEWLS) ⚖️ Katherine Women’s Information & Legal Service (KWILS)
♀️ ALL women deserve an equal future … free from stigma, stereotypes & violence ✊ 🎟️ Join CAWLS and other local services, this Saturday from 5pm at the Women’s Museum of Australia, for the ‘Equal Futures Fair‘ – a night to celebrate “Women in Leadership : Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world” 🌏…
📈 Family violence continues to cost Australians $22 billion per year … and the cost is rising 🤯 The key to halting the escalating cost is primary and secondary prevention and fully funded support for victims who continue to bear the primary financial burden ✊ 🔎➡️ https://pwc.to/3IyNSQC ⚖️ Central Australian Women’s Legal Service (CAWLS) ⚖️…
Why women only services? 🤔♀️ Because violence against women and their children costs Australia $22 billion on an annual basis 🤯💸 ⚖️ Central Australian Women’s Legal Service (CAWLS) ⚖️ Top End Women’s Legal Service (TEWLS) ⚖️ Katherine Women’s Information & Legal Service (KWILS)
The Northern Territory continues to have the highest rate of domestic & family homicides in the country 😡🙅♀️ The Tangentyere Women’s Family Safety Group have called for responsible reporting on the stories of women murdered in the Northern Territory ✊ 🔎➡️ https://ab.co/3IyKzsO ⚖️ Central Australian Women’s Legal Service (CAWLS) ⚖️ Top End Women’s Legal Service…
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