Together with @NatsiwaCeo, AWAVA will be hosting an online forum on July 7 to discuss young women and non-binary people’s experiences of gender-based violence! Are you 16-32? Register now 👉 https://t.co/EMrxDtTkxH Auslan, captioning & counselling support will be available.

Historic. https://t.co/7UKabMgWY9

“So, in order for a victim to feel comfortable, they need to feel as if, not only that they are being heard, but that they are not doing anything wrong.” Thank you Grace Tame @TamePunk #WomensSafetySummit

#QandA Worth noting that earlier this week survivor advocates released a joint letter stating they have not been engaged as a valued stakeholder group, available at: https://t.co/FXg0zGGuzh 1/ #enoughisenough #saferfuture

Love to all of you who have worked with the Australian Women Against Violence Alliance, @AWAVA_women, over the past decade. Funding for specialist women's services (and peaks) may come and go, but our collective power, energy and the need for change remains as strong as ever. ⚡️

@KMBentley signing off, as the contract manager for AWAVA from @WESNETAustralia

If you would like to see all the work that AWAVA has done over the years, please visit https://t.co/AQxQ1qU6Tl.

Thanks also to all our Friends and Supporters. This is not goodbye though! From next week, AWAVA will continue to operate as an unfunded women’s alliance to ensure that the good work and legacy of the past 11 years lives on. 👋

A special thank you to @Julie_Oberin AM for founding AWAVA back in 2010, getting the whole alliance off the ground, and her leadership and governance with the WESNET Board and staff over the years.

We also say thankyou to all the other fabulous AWAVA staff, esp @TNDixson, @merrindahl, @vanamalihermans as well as many others over the past 11 years who have carried out a mind-blowing amount of work along with the many members of the AWAVA Advisory Group. #TooManyToName

We say farewell and a huge thank you to our two remaining staff members, Kit Muirhead and Sumithri Venketasubramanian, who have stayed to the bitter end in order to finalise the last important pieces of work. ♥️🧡💛

Sadly, today is AWAVA’s last day as a funded National Women’s Alliance. It may be the end of an era but not the end of AWAVA...

Our sister alliance @NatsiwaCeo is hosting a free webinar "Sexual Harassment and Discrimination in the Workplace, including the processes for making a complaint" on Tuesday 24 August. Register at: https://t.co/kf1YORgh8z

Weekly Round-Up: Joint letter calling for urgent response to sexual violence, approach centring women w disability needed in DFV services, research, reports, and more.

National Women’s Safety Summit postponed, culturally informed healing programs effective for responding to violence, reports, surveys, and more. https://t.co/ajfZlb7DsY

"However, some believe this figure could actually be higher, with the Sisters Inside survey finding that 98 per cent of women prisoners in Queensland reported being a past victim of violence." https://t.co/ViH4h9oDpl

"These considerations are fundamental to the question of whether coercive control laws should be implemented or not; they are not issues that can be sorted out later or during the teething period of the legislation." https://t.co/TVncZNH46r

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"Healing Country is more than changing a word in our national anthem – it is about the historical, political, and administrative landscapes adapting to successfully empower and celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, nations, and heritage."

"Healing Country means finally resolving many of the outstanding injustices which impact on the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. It must be a fair and equitable resolution." - @naidocweek

The report also found that women on temporary visas reported proportionately higher levels of violence, and violence either began or was exacerbated for some respondents during the COVID-19 pandemic months of March and November 2020. https://t.co/chU64qFyZv