Executive Director Katherine Berney and Jess Hill on tonights project #endgenderbasedviolence

After tragic events in Sydney there have been increasing calls to legalise the possession of pepper spray.

Director of the National Women’s Safety Alliance Kat Berney, says this is a misguided attempt to protect women that ignores the cause of violence.
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'For every complex problem there is an answer that is simple, clear and wrong. So often we see this when dealing with the wicked social issue that is violence in our society'. Our Director, Kat Berney on why pepper spray isn't the solution ✍️👏

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'It is a scourge in our society and it must end.' Brilliant to see the Attorney-General putting the onus on men at a family violence symposium today in Melbourne.

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🗞️👏 'What kind of society do we want to live in? We must unite to end to gender-based violence' - Our Director Katherine Berney writes in Women's Agenda 🔗

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Each year women and children are killed. Thousands harmed, community & families torn apart. Truth telling, coming together protects & saves lives. So much to say, so much to do but it’s critical. Mark Dreyfus #SafetyFirst

SUBMISSIONS OPEN: The Australian Law Reform Commission has called for submissions in their inquiry into justice responses to sexual violence.

This covers the traditional criminal justice pipeline from reporting to police through to sentencing & appeals/1

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We have a crisis of male violence in Australia. It is a scourge in our society and it must end.

To create lasting change, women cannot be expected to solve violence against women alone. It’s time for men to step up.
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Absolutely reprehensible. I’m so disgusted at how this poor woman was treated. We all should be. 😡😤

Director Kat Berney is giving evidence to the Legal & Constitutional Affairs Committee on the Crimes Amendment (Strengthening the Criminal Justice Response to Sexual Violence) Bill 2024 ⚖️🧑‍⚖️ We are grateful for our members who inform our work & to the committee for inviting us 👏

✍️ We used this submission to highlight the importance of Independent Legal Representation for complainants and concerns regarding the durability of 'rape myths' & stereotypes in the court despite the intention of the reforms ⚖️

👩‍💻 🧡 It's been a busy! We've responded to requests for input on a tranche of reforms including the proposal to strengthen criminal responses to sexual violence. Thank you to our colleagues at Women's Legal Services Australia & Queensland Sexual Assault Network for your help! Read our input here:
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🗞️💔 'Between July & September 2023 over 50K Australians applied for the Escaping Violence Payment, & more than 50 per cent of applicants were rejected. I can assure you that these 50 per cent of applicants were also living in violence'
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Anne Summers’ article is essential reading, on how technology is creating a world that is more dangerous for women. “Perpetrators are… embarking on a path to even greater violence than we have seen before.” thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/2024/03/1… via The Saturday Paper

Day 2 at #Elsie we joined the workshop on creating safe and respectful workplaces & the implementation of 10 days domestic & family violence leave 🏠☺️👏🏻

‘The wound is the place the light enters.’ My beautiful friend Maha Krayem Abdo OAM quoting Rumi MuslimWomenAustralia
#Elsie #Elsie Conference

“I’ve read all the reports” says Yasmin Khan “They talk about multicultural women as a line, yet we are over represented”. Adds: “there is no national plan for multicultural women”. #Elsie

In 1975 Bobbie Townsend arrived at #Elsie with two kids and not much else. “The first feeling was relief and safety. And then I realised I was surrounded by all these warm, radical women — and what an eye opener that was”.

We are at the #Elsie conference celebrating 50 years of women’s refuges in Australia. Thanks to the Condell Park Public School students who put together this brilliant song & dance about ending violence against women 🥰🤍🩷

Join us at this historic conference celebrating 50 years since the Elsie Women’s Refuge opened. I’m speaking on a panel with ⁦Zoe Rathus⁩ and ⁦Marie Segrave⁩ about current legal developments in criminal law, family law & migration. Please join us 15-16 March at UTS.