📍 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…
📍 Earlier this month, CAWLS Lawyers from our Civil & Criminal Practices, made a legal outreach visit to Ltyentye Apurte. ☀️ In true Territory style, our dedicated lawyers met with women under a make shift office in the sun, to share information about CAWLS’ services and provided legal advice and assistance to the community 👥…
📢 This week, we unite as a nation to amplify the crucial conversation against men’s violence. The tragic truth is that the number of deaths is still rising 🚨 In 2024 alone, 44 women have been tragically taken from us. Our hearts are shattered, and our anger is rising 💔 ⚠️ Domestic, family, and sexual…
⚠️ Trigger Warning : DFSV & Child Victims ⚠️ 👥 CAWLS staff recently attended the report launch of the ‘Filicides in a Domestic and Family Violence Context 2010–2018’ – a joint report by ANROWS and the Australian Domestic and Family Violence Death Review Network 📃 Tragically, between July 2010 and June 2018, 138 Australian children…
ℹ️💵 The Youpla Group, also called the Aboriginal Community Benefit Fund (ACBF), sold funeral insurance policies to Aboriginal and Torres Strait people. These were called Youpla funeral funds. ⛔ When Youpla collapsed in March 2022, many community members could no longer pay for Sorry Business. 👥 The National Indigenous Australian Agency (NIAA) will be the…
📣 Join us for essential training for ALL frontline workers across Central Australia & the Barkly, with a focus on managing disclosures of domestic, family sexual violence 📖 🚨 Due to overwhelming interest – an additional training date has been added 🚨 🎟️ Learn more via 🔗 https://bit.ly/CAWLS_ASP_Training ℹ️ Our full day course covers foundational…
📍 CAWLS was delighted to share our work through the ‘Strengthening and Sharing our Practice Conference’ held in Mpartnwe/Alice Springs earlier this month 📖 👥 The conference brought together members of the DFSV sector from across the Territory, to learn and to collaborate 🤝 🗣️ We were grateful for the opportunities to showcase our innovative…
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