Submissions to Women’s Safety and Justice Taskforce reveal systemic and community failure – ABC News

Submissions to Women’s Safety and Justice Taskforce reveal systemic and community failure ABC News By Dan Colasimone Posted 1/6/2022   Submissions to the Women’s Safety and Justice Taskforce have revealed a system and community that is failing abused women. Key points: The taskforce put a call out for submissions in February Submissions will form part of…

Report on Young Women and Non-Binary People’s Experiences of Gender-Based Violence across Australia – WWDA & NATSIWA

Report on Young Women and Non-Binary People’s Experiences of Gender-Based Violence across Australia – WWDA and NATSIWA   The Australian Women Against Violence Alliance’s much-awaited Report on Young Women and Non-Binary People’s Experiences of Gender-Based Violence across Australia was launched at 1pm today (17.2.2022) at an online event run in collaboration with Women With Disabilities Australia…

Technology increasingly used to ‘victimise and control’ women with intellectual disability – ABC News

Technology increasingly used to ‘victimise and control’ women with intellectual disability – ABC News By disability affairs reporter Nas Campanella and the Specialist Reporting Team’s Celina Edmonds 1/09/2021 Excerpt of article:  Women with cognitive and intellectual disability are increasingly being abused through technology, with perpetrators monitoring their behaviour, tracking their movements and encouraging them to share naked images,…

NDIS provider accused of compromising safety of people with disability in quest for growth- ABC News

NDIS provider accused of compromising safety of people with disability in quest for growth 7.30 / By Pat McGrath and John Stewart, ABC Investigations   The National Disability Insurance Scheme has been a cash splash for big players in the sector, and few have benefited quite like the Australian Foundation for Disability – otherwise known as Afford. Key…

Parents sue St Edmund’s College after daughter allegedly inappropriately touched by fellow student – ABC News

Parents sue St Edmund’s College after daughter allegedly inappropriately touched by fellow student By Josh Bavas ; ABC News, posted 13/4/2021 The parents of a girl who was subjected to alleged sustained inappropriate sexual touching by another student are suing their daughter’s special-needs school. Key points: Evi was diagnosed with an unexplained PTSD after several panic attacks The…