📍 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…
👥 The CAWLS Education Team will be resuming ‘Lived Experience Advisory Group Workshops‘ from February 2025. We would like to welcome and encourage new members who have a lived experience of family, domestic and sexual violence who are interested in contributing to a project aiming to improve the experience of accessing primary care for victim/survivors.…
📢 The Central Australian Women’s Legal Service welcomes the announcement made by Minister Amanda Rishworth MP last week, representing an additional investment in our service which is vital to enhancing the safety and wellbeing of women, children and families in the Northern Territory 🚨 ℹ️ CAWLS will receive funding to develop and pilot an Integrated…
🚨 2025 Workshops | Identifying & Responding to Family Violence in Central Australia 📚 📖 This essential training equips frontline workers in Central Australia with the knowledge and skills to identify and respond to clients or patients at risk of domestic, family and sexual violence, particularly within health settings. ℹ️ Over a full day, participants…
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