🚨 Community Legal Centres like the Central Australian Women’s Legal Service, are facing a critical funding and workforce crisis. This is not just a looming threat — it’s happening now and is our reality ⚠️ Every single day that this crisis goes unaddressed, we edge closer to a future where people experiencing poverty and disadvantage…
❌ Community legal centres are at breaking point. Funding shortages and overwhelming demand are forcing centres to turn away over 1,000 people each day and reduce services to local communities across the country. The crisis will only worsen until the sector secures a guarantee of ongoing funding ⛔ ⚠️ The 2024 Federal Budget failed to…
🚨 Women’s Legal Services are crucial lifelines for women facing trauma and violence. ⚖️ For over 40 years, we’ve specialised in providing trauma-informed, gender-led support to women, particularly those affected by domestic, family, and sexual violence. Our services are designed to address unique legal challenges and drive structural change towards gender equality. Despite serving over…
📍 Last month, CAWLS successfully delivered our third full-day ‘Health Justice Training’ for 2024 📖 📚 CAWLS training focuses on supporting services to recognise and respond to domestic, family and sexual violence in Central Australia, to improve trauma-informed and safe outcomes for clients. 👥 We were privileged to have participants from health services, social services,…
📍 Today, CAWLS had the privilege of meeting with key representatives from the Australian Financial Complaints Authority and the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman 💼 ⚠️ Together, we discussed critical issues impacting our clients in Central Australia and the Barkly Region. By working collaboratively, we’re ensuring that our services are aligned and committed to protecting the rights…
💬 Employers have a positive duty under the Sex Discrimination Act to eliminate sex-based discrimination & harassment. Are you an organizational leader or manager in Central Australia or the Barkly? 🤔 CAWLS are offering free one-hour workshops to assist employers understand and meet this positive duty 💡⚖️ ℹ️ Contact enquiries@cawls.com.au for bookings or further information…
📍 At the beginning of June, CAWLS lawyers from Alice Springs & Tennant Creek, attended the ‘Free + Equal Human Rights Conference’ in Sydney, hosted by the Australian Human Rights Commission 👥 🗣️ Our team had the privilege of hearing from some of Australia’s most dedicated human rights defenders, including the Hon Justice Michael Kirby…
📢 Report finds sexual harassment pervasive in Australian retail sector 📃 The recent ANROWS Report, ‘Just Another Day in Retail,’ highlights critical issues around sexual harassment in the Australian retail sector ⚠️ 📌 Key findings include 👇 🔎 High Prevalence: A significant number of retail workers experience sexual harassment at work. 🔎 Underreporting: Many incidents…
⚠️ Violence against women is one of Australia’s most common human rights violations. 👥 Last Friday, we marched through the streets of Mparntwe because of lives loss… because of harm towards women and children daily… because many women and children in our community are living in fear… because we are watching the murdered women and…
📢 NO MORE. We must demand a safer future for everyone in the Northern Territory ✊🗣️ With critical funding, secure housing, true representation and comprehensive & critical training, we can create real change. Together, we must unite to end domestic, family, and sexual violence 🖐️🛑 Stand with us for justice, for support, for transformative action…
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