Specialist domestic and family violence providers from across Western Australia have identified an increasing number of women experiencing coercive and controlling behaviours. These are purposeful
In July 2021 the Community Development and Justice Standing Committee commenced an inquiry into sexual harassment against women in the FIFO mining industry. The deadline for public submissions
This year marks the 31st Annual Silent Domestic Violence Memorial March. The Silent March is the longest running family and domestic violence march in Australia and has endured due
The Centre for Women’s Safety and Wellbeing welcomes the McGowan Government’s investment in community-based women’s health services in the State Budget.
On August 12 WA became the last state to legislate safe access zones when the Public Health Amendment (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2021 passed in Parliament.
The Centre for Women’s Safety and Wellbeing acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians and first peoples of Australia. We recognise the impacts of colonisation and dispossession and the contemporary disadvantage experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The Centre for Women’s Safety and Wellbeing is committed to working alongside Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and men to end violence against their women and children in Western Australia.
The Centre for Women’s Safety and Wellbeing acknowledges the strength and resilience of adults, children and young people who have experienced family and domestic violence. We pay respects to those who did not survive and acknowledge the families, friends and communities who have lost loved ones to this preventable and widespread issue. We are committed to ensuring responses to family and domestic violence are informed by lived experience.
The Centre for Women’s Safety and Wellbeing recognises, welcomes and respects people of diverse gender, sex and sexuality. We are committed to greater inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer people (LGBTIQ).
