The services women need when they are experiencing, or have previously experienced, abuse can vary and it can be challenging to know what services are available. The Directory is organised into separate service areas, with an explanation of the types of support, services and programs available and links to the searchable Directory for each area.
This Directory contains information on the community-based specialist Family and Domestic Violence Services that can be found throughout Western Australia as well as Sexual Assault Support Services, Legal Assistance Services, Women’s Community Based Health Services, and Men’s Programs and Supports. The Directory also includes Family and Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services for Children and Young People. Having the listed services in one place can help women find the right service at the right time, reducing the need for women to tell their story many times.
The Directory can also support service providers to find local and appropriate supports for their clients or community members looking for support for a friend, colleague or family member.
All efforts were made to ensure the information contained in the Directory is true and correct at the date of publication, changes in circumstances after the time of publication may impact the accuracy of the information.
Tinashe is a powerful advocate in Ruah Community Services’ My Story, My Time program, empowering women affected by family and domestic violence to share their story and be a voice for change.
The family and domestic violence service sector provide a diversity of services to meet the different needs of women experiencing family and domestic violence. This hopefully means you can find the right service for you at the right time, rather than having to tell your story many times to different services.
Sexual Assault services are for people affected by a recent sexual assault, current sexual abuse, and past sexual abuse/assault as well as their partners or family members. Services provide support to help work through trauma at an individual’s own pace.
Women who experience family and domestic violence can be particularly disadvantaged in accessing justice. Getting early legal assistance is essential and can help women to understand their situation and make informed decisions about their lives.
Specialist programs and intervention services are available to men who choose to use violence, threaten to use violence, or use any of a range of abusive behaviour’s towards their family members, including partners and children, that coerces or controls the family member or causes fear.
Women’s community based health services are safe and non-judgmental spaces women can access support in a number of health areas, including counselling, mental health and wellbeing, maternal, reproductive and sexual health, wellbeing groups and activities, workshops and courses and health information.
Violence against women is a pervasive and serious human rights abuse with significant human and economic costs to individuals, communities and society.
If it’s not an emergency and you need support, please contact your local services or contact a crisis line below. These phone services are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Trained, compassionate professionals are available to help you plan for your safety, connect to available resources and discuss the options that are available to you. The calls are confidential.
Sarah Brown AM is the Chief Executive Officer of Purple House and has been helping the Indigenous Directors to run the organisation since its inception more than twenty three years ago.
Sarah holds a Master of Nursing, a Graduate Diploma in Aboriginal Education, and a Graduate Diploma in Health Service Management. Prior to joining Purple House, she was a remote area nurse and university lecturer.
Sarah has been recognised in many ways for the work she does, being named Hesta’s Australia’s Nurse of the Year in 2017, being listed as one of BOSS magazine’s ‘True Leaders’ in 2018, and in 2020 Sarah received an Order of Australia Medal for “her significant service to community health, remote nursing and Indigenous communities”.
Professor Louise Keogh is a leading voice across women’s health and reproductive rights in Australia. Louise is Deputy Director of the Centre for Health Equity and Chair of the Hallmark Research Initiative in Reproductive Justice at the University of Melbourne.
Louise’s work explores issues that matter deeply to women, and includes the decriminalisation of abortion, contraception, voluntary assisted dying and the growing role of genetics in cancer prevention. Her work aims to make healthcare more equitable, accessible, and responsive to women’s needs.
Louise works with clinicians, policymakers, and communities to translate research into practical change in healthcare practice and policy. She is passionate about fostering open, thoughtful conversations about women’s health, particularly where ethics, rights and emerging technologies intersect.
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