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It is estimated on any one night there are 46,000 homeless women in Australia. The largest single cause of homelessness in Australia is domestic and family violence, which mostly affects women and children. But thanks to one Australian social enterprise, women like Judy and single mum Kellie, are turning their lives around and finding they do have a future after all. Those of you who commute to work in one of our major cities will be … [Read more...]
This is an opinion piece by Senator Lisa Singh (Tasmania) who recently addressed the Senate on the issue of violence against women in Australia and India. Last year, Australians followed with horror the news reports and social media appeals as the tragic story of Jill Meagher unfolded. A young woman abducted on the short walk back to her apartment in Melbourne, raped, and murdered, her story shocked us all so deeply because she could have been … [Read more...]
An anti-domestic violence initiative driven by a local rugby league club is being credited for a drop in incidences of domestic violence in Midwest Queensland. The multi-award winning campaign Domestic Violence—it’s not our game will kick off its 4th season today with a launch event in Cloncurry, a township located 766 kilometres west of Townsville. The anti-domestic violence campaign is a joint initiative of the Normanton Building … [Read more...]
A senior United Nations official has called for greater international action to end sexual violence in the world's conflict zones. Margot Wallström, the recently appointed Secretary-General’s Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, says sexual violence during conflicts is all too often downplayed and treated as part of local cultural traditions instead of being viewed as a war crime. While in Norway on her first official … [Read more...]
You may remember her as one half of the Eurythmics, the British duo who dominated the popular music charts in the 1980s and early 90s. But in 2010, Annie Lennox (pictured) is using her powerful voice to bring global attention to the plight of women and girls infected with HIV. Speaking at the launch of the Agenda for Accelerated Country Action, at the United Nations in New York, Annie Lennox called for a broad movement for change to address … [Read more...]
The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) has recorded 183,132 actions to end violence against women through its Say NO – UNiTE to End Violence against Women initiative. This far surpasses the initial goal for Say NO of more than 100,000 actions by International Women’s Day 2010. Launched in November 2009 as a web platform to facilitate, showcase and count efforts to address gender-based violence by individuals, governments … [Read more...]
The AFL will receive $400,000 in funding as part of round two of the Federal Government’s $9 million Respectful Relationships initiative. The AFL launched its Respect and Responsibility Program in 2005 and it now runs across all states and territories, including the 16 AFL clubs. The AFL says that since it began, it has received an overwhelming number of requests from community football clubs across Australia for access to the … [Read more...]