“Women—especially Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women—are being misidentified as perpetrators on protection orders and the effects of this are far-reaching” This resonates strongly with the experience of our clients and CAWLS lawyers. This week, ANROWS has released a report titled “Accurately identifying the ‘person most in need of protection’ in domestic and family violence law“.…
📅 Today is Day 2 of the ‘16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence’. 🧑🤝🧑 Everyone has a role to play in eliminating gender-based violence 🌏 UN Women has put together a list of 10 simple steps we can all make a difference, safely and impactfully 👇 ✅ Listen to and believe…
📅 Today marks the start of ‘16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence’. 📣 CAWLS are joining organisations, leaders, individuals and businesses around the globe in the call to ‘Orange the World: Fund, Respond, Prevent, Collect!’ This year has been like no other 🙅♀️ Even before COVID-19 hit, violence against women and girls had reached…
📍 Following the recent announcements by the South Australian and Northern Territory Government and Health Officials, of the easing of travel restrictions to/from South Australia, CAWLS is pleased to welcome all women to visit our office again. 📞 As always, if you are feeling unwell, we would ask that you do not attend the…
It’s been a big few weeks (& months!) at CAWLS… so what better way to end the working week, than with a bulk coffee run to House of Tallulah? 🤤☕ Thank you to Anj & co for always caffeinating our team! 🙌
⚠️ Content Warning: This post relates to domestic violence and harm to children… 〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️ ‘I don’t live now. I exist’ are sentiments heard too frequently in the domestic violence and family law space. There is still a long way to go to ensure that our family law courts and trauma informed and responsive to the…
📍 Given the recent COVID-19 outbreak in South Australia, the Central Australian Women’s Legal Service ask all clients and stakeholders visiting our office to assist us in keeping everyone safe. ⚠️ Anyone with an appointment who has recently returned from South Australia, or is feeling unwell, should not attend the office in person ⚠️ 📞…
CAWLS Lawyers, Dotti & Jules, were delighted to contribute to the annual ‘MacYouth Conference’, which brought together youth workers from across the MacDonnell Regional Shire. Covering the challenging topic of identifying and responding to family violence, the conference was a great opportunity to share learnings and tackle some difficult case studies 🗣️ ℹ️ CAWLS regularly…
🗣️ ‘People are naturally diverse; only tolerance can ensure the survival of mixed communities in every region of the globe’ Today is the United Nation’s International Day of Tolerance 🌏 ℹ️ “Tolerance is respect, acceptance and appreciation of the rich variety of our world’s cultures, our forms of expression and ways of being human”. CAWLS is…
CAWLS were thrilled to attend the Ntaria School NAIDOC Day Celebrations on Wednesday 11 November 2020 🖐️ Joining forces with Lutheran Community Care, the team fed more than 400+ people, with lots of many happy faces enjoying face painting, games and art 🤗 Thanks to the Ntaria School for having CAWLS Client Support Worker, Cara,…
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