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Say NO to Violence against Women
Submitted by Penny on Fri, 04/07/2008 - 3:53pm.
25 November is International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
According to the UN,
At least one out of every three women around the world has been beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused in her lifetime - with the abuser usually someone known to her. Violence against women and girls is a universal problem of pandemic proportions. Perhaps the most pervasive human rights violation that we know today, it devastates lives, fractures communities, and stalls development.
We're all in this together
Submitted by Penny on Fri, 20/06/2008 - 12:37pm.
Next week the Women's Domestic Violence Court Assistance Scheme (at Redfern Legal Centre) will be holding an information session about family and domestic violence for Indigenous women in the Redfern Community.
The Women's Domestic Violence Court Assistance Scheme (WDVCAS) provides help to women experiencing domestic violence. The scheme assists women with AVOs, safety, explaining the court process, after court support and help with the police.
Help for Women Escaping Domestic Violence
Submitted by Penny Sharpe on Wed, 22/08/2007 - 11:32am.
Minister for Community Services Kevin Greene and Minister for Women Verity Firth today launched a new information kit for women and women's services to assist women and children escaping domestic violence.
The full media release is below:
A day in the life of the Downing Local Court
Submitted by Penny Sharpe on Wed, 08/08/2007 - 5:21pm.
At the invitation of Redfern Legal Centre I spent a couple of hours today visiting the service, meeting the workers and sitting in on the AVO hearing in the Downing Centre Local Court.
While I know what is supposed to happen in the court this is just a sample of what I actually saw:
