Full Stop

Fifty four per cent of people aged 16 to 19 have experience sexual violence in the past 12 months. It doesn’t have to be this way, writes Karen Bevan.

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.

With the government’s $14.7 million investment, many sexual violence organisations are welcoming the move and offering advice.

Pilot funding for the national 24/7 counselling service for victim-survivors DV ends 30 June. Full Stop Australia is stepping up.