News & Views Northern Rivers Community Foundation provides critical funding to female changemakers Women are leading meaningful change funded by Northern Rivers Community Foundation grants across the Northern Rivers region.
Local Ariel Bombara on the ‘utterly unfair, twisted weight’ that falls on women to manage men’s violence Ariel Bombara has given a powerful address at a rally against domestic violence, calling for victim-survivors to be better supported.
News & Views Almost all domestic violence involves economic abuse. Here’s how we should better protect women More than 90 per cent of domestic violence victim-survivors continue to experience abuse after leaving a violent relationship.
News & Views ‘None of these are radical’: Elisabeth Armitage delivers 35 recommendations following coronial inquest into DFSV deaths in the NT After more than a year of investigating the domestic violence killings of four Aboriginal women, the Northern Territory’s coroner Elisabeth Armitage has handed down her final report.
News & Views We cannot become desensitised to domestic violence statistics. Urgent action is needed. We should be completely outraged by these numbers and have zero tolerance towards domestic and family violence.
News & Views ‘Stop overlooking, start listening’: ANROWS calls for better protection of children from violence ANROWS has released a landmark report calling for better protection of children and young people from family, domestic and sexual violence.
News & Views The hidden workforce supporting culturally diverse women and girls experiencing violence First-line workers from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds are taking on this unexpected dual role.
Life A mobile phone can save a woman’s life in a violent situation. Lauren Trevan knows this more than most. In the early 2000s, Lauren Trevan received a text message from an old school friend. They began texting each other, reconnecting after years of losing touch, using this fairly new form of technology.
News & Views The horrifying reality of violence against women: 11 women killed by violence in 16 days In 16 days, 11 women were killed by violence in Australia. The numbers shine a light on the horrifying reality of violence against women.
News & Views ‘Full stop to sexual violence’: Full Stop Australia commemorates 50 years of operation Fifty years ago today, a group of volunteers gathered in a single room at the Sydney Women’s Liberation House in Glebe, to form the Sydney Rape Crisis Centre, now known as Full Stop Australia.
News & Views Expanding family violence provisions is not enough to make temporary migrants safe Bold, ambitious whole-of-system reform is needed to ensure temporary migrants are safe from family violence.
News & Views How banks and life insurers can help end domestic and family violence Banks and insurance providers can collaborate or partner with evidence-based domestic violence groups who can help inform best-practice around how to appropriately respond when a client discloses an abusive relationship.