🏥 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 🆘…
ℹ️ The current model of federal funding for the domestic, family, and sexual violence (DFSV) sector in Australia is based on population size 🇦🇺 For the Northern Territory, this means that it only receives 1.8% of federal DFSV funding… but DFSV in the NT is frequent, severe and occurs at a much higher rate than…
Sexual Assault in Australia … Do we need alternative way to report? 💬 RMIT University, in conjunction with the Commonwealth Attorney General’s Department, is exploring ways to better meet the needs of victim-survivors at a national level. 💡 The Research Team involved are wanting to know their thoughts on whether we need alternative reporting options…
📣 Join CAWLS and other local community organisations to mark 2023’s ‘16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence’ ✊ 16DOAAGBV is an annual international campaign that kicks off on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and runs until 10 December, Human Rights Day. 📢 Over 16 days, individuals and…
📖 Tennant Creek High School will run two new programs to teach young Territorians about the dangers of drug and alcohol use. These programs are designed to assist students to make health choices and avoid falling prey to the vice of substance misuse. It is an unfortunate reality that substance misuse can often be a…
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