NTWLS Advocacy Series | Escaping Violence Payment

Tailored supports to assist women to recover from financial abuse are key to supporting the long-term safety of women & children 🤝 The ‘Escaping Violence Payment’ was launched last year and aims to support existing programs offered by states and territories 💵🙏 ⚖️ Women’s Legal Services can help you with applications for crisis and support…

NTWLS Advocacy Series | Problematic community attitudes towards violence against women

Community attitudes towards violence against women remain problematic ⚖️😔 The ‘2017 National Community Attitudes Towards Violence Against Women’ Survey highlighted that many young people STILL hold attitudes supportive of violence against women 🤯 📖 Read the full report via ➡️ https://ncas.anrows.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2017NCAS-Youth-SubReport.pdf ⚖️ Central Australian Women’s Legal Service ⚖️ Top End Women’s Legal Service ⚖️ Katherine…

NTWLS Advocacy Series | Women’s imprisonment and DFSV

Most women in custody have experienced domestic & family violence ⚖️😔 ‘ANROWS Research Synthesis’ shows there are well-established links between women’s experiences of domestic, family and sexual violence and imprisonment 🚨 Women can become caught in cycles of imprisonment and experiencing violence. Violence increases the risk and effects of imprisonment … and imprisonment increases the…

NTWLS Advocacy Series | Prisoner rates in the NT increased

📃 The Australian Bureau of Statistics released the ‘Prisoners in Australia Report’ last year, showing that within 12 months, the number of female prisoners had increased by 37% 📈😧 🔎➡️ https://ntindependent.com.au/news-brief-prisoner-rates-in-the-nt-increased ⚖️ Central Australian Women’s Legal Service ⚖️ Top End Women’s Legal Service ⚖️ Katherine Women’s Information & Legal Service