🤔 What rights do victims have? 🤔 What supports exist for victims? 🤔 What is the ‘Victims of Crime Charter’ and how can it help victims? 💭 CAWLS is here to answer these questions and more, with ‘Understanding the Rights of Victims of Crime’ – a free online webinar, in conjunction with CatholicCare NT 👋…
Yesterday, we celebrated the strength, resistance & power of all women for International Women’s Day and its 2022 theme of #BreakTheBias 💜♀️ Over the weekend, CAWLS and other local services, came together to acknowledge the incredible leadership of women in Alice Springs at the ‘Equal Futures Fair’ ✨ We recognise the challenges women face every…
😞 Intimate partner violence contributes to more death, disability and illness in Australian women aged 15-44, than any other preventable risk factor, including smoking, obesity & high blood pressure… 🔎➡️ https://bit.ly/ANROWSBurdenofDisease ⚖️ Central Australian Women’s Legal Service ⚖️ Top End Women’s Legal Service ⚖️ Katherine Women’s Information & Legal Service
👭 Our hearts are so full … our social feeds have been flooded with love, shout outs and messages of appreciation & support for the incredible women of Central Australia and the world today, as everyone celebrates International Women’s Day 2022 🌏 👐 CAWLS are a strong team of diverse, independent, unique & passionate women,…
Why women only services? 🤔♀️ … because, 71% of domestic family violence assaults in the Northern Territory are committed by a current or former intimate partner 😔🙅♀️ ⚖️ Central Australian Women’s Legal Service (CAWLS) ⚖️ Top End Women’s Legal Service (TEWLS) ⚖️ Katherine Women’s Information & Legal Service (KWILS)
👮 Police in the Northern Territory are less likely to pursue a sexual assault report than police in any other state or territory… 🚨 🔎➡️ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-20/sexual-assaults-reported-to-nt-police-least-likely-to-be-pursued/11917478 ⚖️ Central Australian Women’s Legal Service (CAWLS) ⚖️ Top End Women’s Legal Service (TEWLS) ⚖️ Katherine Women’s Information & Legal Service (KWILS)
Why women only services? 🤔♀️ … because, the rate of sexual assault in the Northern Territory is 50% higher than the national rate … and 91% of sexual assault victims are women 📈🙅♀️😡 ⚖️ Central Australian Women’s Legal Service (CAWLS) ⚖️ Top End Women’s Legal Service (TEWLS) ⚖️ Katherine Women’s Information & Legal Service (KWILS)
♀️ ALL women deserve an equal future … free from stigma, stereotypes & violence ✊ 🎟️ Join CAWLS and other local services, this Saturday from 5pm at the Women’s Museum of Australia, for the ‘Equal Futures Fair‘ – a night to celebrate “Women in Leadership : Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world” 🌏…
📈 Family violence continues to cost Australians $22 billion per year … and the cost is rising 🤯 The key to halting the escalating cost is primary and secondary prevention and fully funded support for victims who continue to bear the primary financial burden ✊ 🔎➡️ https://pwc.to/3IyNSQC ⚖️ Central Australian Women’s Legal Service (CAWLS) ⚖️…
Why women only services? 🤔♀️ Because violence against women and their children costs Australia $22 billion on an annual basis 🤯💸 ⚖️ Central Australian Women’s Legal Service (CAWLS) ⚖️ Top End Women’s Legal Service (TEWLS) ⚖️ Katherine Women’s Information & Legal Service (KWILS)
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