- Cook Government delivers grants totalling $50,000 to two community-based organisations to help stop gender-based violence
- Funding will deliver activities as part of the this year's 16 Days in WA Stop Violence Against Women campaign
Grants totalling $50,000 to raise awareness of gender-based violence across Western Australia have today been presented to two community-based organisations.
The Centre for Women's Safety and Wellbeing (CWSW) and the Aboriginal Family Legal Services will both receive $25,000 to deliver community events and support community engagement to raise awareness about gender-based violence during the this year's 16 Days in WA Stop Violence Against Women campaign.
The CWSW will administer a small grants scheme of up to $1,000 each to family, domestic and sexual violence services around WA. The recipients will use the funds to support community events or educational activities that raise awareness about gender-based violence during 16 Days in WA and encourage change to stop violence against women.
The Aboriginal Family Legal Services will use the grant to support Ochre Ribbon campaign activity during 16 Days in WA. Ochre Ribbon is a grassroots, community-led campaign, which began in WA, to support community action against family violence impacting Aboriginal families and communities.
16 Days in WA is an annual campaign led by the State Government and runs from 25 November - International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women - to 10 December, which is Human Rights Day.
The campaign, now in its seventh year, aims to raise awareness, motivate positive action and highlight organisations, agencies, communities and individuals taking action to end violence against women.
This year, the theme will be "Stopping family and domestic violence: play your part." The theme recognises that stopping family and domestic violence requires a whole-of-community response.
For more information about the grants please visit: https://cwsw.org.au/our-projects/
Comments from Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence Minister Sabine Winton:
"It is a sad truth that many women and girls in our community experience sexual harassment and family, domestic and sexual violence. This is unacceptable and needs to stop.
"Women and girls have a right to be safe in their homes, relationships, workplaces, where they learn and out in the community.
"It is up to all of us to call out bad behaviour everyone in the community has a part to play in helping to end violence against women.
"Thank you to organisations like the Centre for Women's Safety and Wellbeing and the Aboriginal Family Legal Services for joining with us to change the conversation that allows violence against women to go unchallenged.
