The Access to Justice in the Barkly Report has served as an important reminder that we need to work more collaboratively and efficiently to reach our remote and disadvantaged clients in the Barkly region ⚖️ 📖 CAWLS Tennant Creek Lawyer, Anisha Hegde, has written a piece in the NT Law Society’s publication ‘Balance’ on how…
📅 Today is Day 8 of the ‘16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence’. UN Women have put together a list of 10 simple steps we can all make a difference, safely and impactfully Step 6 : Start a conversation 🗣️ There are many ways to start a conversation about family and domestic violence. During…
CAWLS Managing Principal Solicitor, Janet Taylor, has been recognised as a finalist in the Women in Law Awards 🏆 Not one to put herself forward, the nomination took her by surprise … just as we had intended 😏 Janet has led CAWLS for over a decade steadily expanding our service to advocate and empower women…
📅 Today is Day 7 of the ‘16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence’. UN Women have put together a list of 10 simple steps we can all make a difference, safely and impactfully Step 5 : Recognise the signs of abuse and know how you can help. Abuse isn’t just physical – and sometimes it’s…
📣 Responding to Domestic and Family Violence 📖 FREE Training 📍 Wednesday 16 December 2020 from 9am – 1pm The Central Australian Women’s Legal Service welcomes service providers and individuals in the Central Region to join our free training seminar, to gain a deeper insight and knowledge into how to identify and respond to disclosures of domestic…
📋 Last week, CAWLS held their Annual General Meeting — where the ‘Annual Report’ and ‘Audited Financial Report’ for 2019/20 were presented and board members for 2020/21 were elected 🗳 👥 The CAWLS Board is made up of 10 volunteer members – all women based in Central Australia – with a variety of professional…
📅 Today is Day 6 of the ‘16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence’. UN Women have put together a list of 10 simple steps we can all make a difference, safely and impactfully Step 4 : Understand consent ☕ It’s as simple as tea… Check out one of our favourite explanations of consent 🎞️➡️…
📅 Yesterday, was Day 5 of the ‘16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence’. UN Women have put together a list of 10 simple steps we can all make a difference, safely and impactfully Step 3 : Call for responses fit for purpose. CAWLS is represented on wide range of law reform bodies, community groups…
📅 Today is Day 4 of the ‘16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence’. UN Women have put together a list of 10 simple steps we can all make a difference, safely and impactfully.Step 2 : Teach the next generation and learn from them. CAWLS is trained to deliver Love BiTES – a respectful relationships…
📅 Today is Day 3 of the ‘16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence’. UN Women have put together a list of 10 simple steps we can all make a difference, safely and impactfully. Step 1 : Listen to and believe survivors. Even today, too many women are prevented from reporting their experience of family…
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