🚨 The Federal Budget drops tonight — will women’s safety be a priority? Budget 2025-26 must recognise the impact of the cost of living crisis on family violence ⚠️ Financial stress is a well-known factor in domestic violence, and as living costs rise, more women are turning to CAWLS for legal support to escape abuse.…
⚠️ Trigger Warning: Domestic, Family & Sexual Violence ⚠️ CAFVSAN stands in grief, anger, and solidarity for the women in our community whose lives have been taken by domestic violence this year. These women were mothers, sisters, aunties, grandmothers, and friends. They were loved. They should still be here ❤️ 📣 This crisis demands action.…
📍 International Women’s Day 2025: Accelerate Action ♀️🙋♀️ 💬 At CAWLS, we don’t just advocate – we act. Every day, our extraordinary team of women stand beside the most vulnerable in our community, fighting for justice, safety, and inclusion. As we mark International Women’s Day, I want to recognise and thank the passionate, relentless CAWLS…
📍 Earlier this month, our CAWLS team came together for a full-day Emotional Intelligence training, building the skills that help us better support women in our communities and each other. 👥 With a focus on communication, empathy and resilience, the training provided practical strategies we can apply in our daily work. It was a chance…
🚨 2025 Workshops | Identifying & Responding to Family Violence in the Barkly Region 📚 📖 This training is essential for frontline workers in the Barkly Region, focused on equipping participants with the knowledge and practical tools to identify and respond to domestic, family and sexual violence in a trauma-informed manner. 💡 Over a full…
Another thoughtful delivery from the St Mary’s Guild Woodend to the women of Central Australia 🙏 🧵🪡 Their handmade knits – beanies, scarves, and blankets – provide warmth and comfort to the women & children we support. Thank you to Sally for dropping them off this week and sharing such kindness with our team 💜
Supporting young people, one conversation at a time 🗣️ ℹ️ Through our School Lawyer Program, a Central Australian Women’s Legal Service lawyer is based at Centralian Senior College three days a week, providing free and confidential legal support to students, their families and school staff. From one-on-one legal assistance to education sessions on key issues,…
Another woman’s life has been stolen. Another family broken. Another community grieving. 💔 Her death is a painful reminder of the violence that has been allowed to persist — violence that was known but not stopped. It’s heartbreaking, it’s infuriating and it’s unacceptable ❌ We mourn with her family and we will not let her…
📍 This weekend, runners and walkers from Alice Springs Mparntwe are invited to “Take Back the Track” and come out in a visible show of support for women and gender diverse peoples’ right to be able to exercise in public without verbal, physical or sexual abuse 🏃💨 ☀️ Mparntwe Social RAW and The Dusty Divas…
Unacceptable. ❌ When businesses fail to protect vulnerable people, the consequences can be devastating. Origin Energy’s $1.6 million fine for breaching safeguards designed to protect family violence survivors reminds us how critical it is to uphold safety and dignity at every level. At CAWLS, we see the real impact of breaches like these on the…
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