As we begin to wrap up another busy year in Central Australia & the Barkly, we wish to advise you all of our closure dates over the holiday season 👋 Our Central Australian Women’s Legal Service offices will be closed for the following dates… 📍 Alice Springs Office Closed from 12pm (Noon) on Friday 22nd…
Mental health doesn’t take holiday breaks… 💭💚 To end mental health stigmas and raise awareness to its fullest, we all need to work together… during the holidays and throughout the year 🙏
Something to think about, as we head into Christmas week … ❤️🙏
💭 An end of year reminder… It is okay & we are proud of you, always 🖤
🏥 In a very welcome development for the residents of Alice Springs, the NT News recently reported on the opening of a new bulk billed urgent care clinic, located at the Northside Shopping Centre 🤕 😷 The clinic will be run by the Central Australian Aboriginal Congress and will operate outside of normal business hours…
ℹ️ On Wednesday, as part of the ‘16 Days of Activism Against Gendered Violence’ Campaign, CAWLS Lawyer Sarah Edwards, hosted an episode of ‘Sisters in Law’. 🎙️ Sarah reminded listeners of the importance of needs- based funding and drew attention to the ongoing work of the community to eliminate violence against women ✊ 🗣️ Sarah…
🗣 “Access, affordability, and ability” — It was reported this week that Communications Minister Michelle Rowland MP said these words in the context of addressing the ‘digital divide’ that exits for First Nations Communities. The NT News reported that digital upgrades and training would be provided to remote First Nations Communities in the Territory, including…
The Northern Territory has some of the highest rates of domestic, family and sexual violence (DFSV) both in Australia and in the world… yet the NT only receives 1.8% of federal funding for action against DFSV ⚠️ The current model of federal funding for the DFSV sector in Australia is based on population size, instead…
📢 We NEED adequate, long-term funding to address domestic, family and sexual violence (DFSV) in the Northern Territory. ⚠️ We are asking for an additional $180 million of funding over five years for the DFSV sector in the NT – or $36 million a year. That’s a modest request when we compare the current cost…
How much is a woman’s life worth? 💬❤️🩹 When Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women are facing an epidemic of domestic, family, and sexual violence in the Northern Territory – and being killed by intimate partners at almost 13 times the rate of non-Indigenous women and men – it’s a question we must ask 🆘…
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