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Nyarlu Duwa Women’s Refuge (Meekatharra FDV service)

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Nyarlu Duwa is open M - F, 8 am - 4 pm, and provides an on-call response service from 4 pm to 8 am, 7 days a week.

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0458 881 488

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Location

Undisclosed address

Service Type

Refuges

Regions Serviced

Mid West and Gascoyne

Referrals / Suitability

Our service, funded by the Department of Communities, is a 24 hour crisis unit that provides crisis response for up to 72 hours; each case is assessed if more time is needed.

Service Details

Nyarlu Duwa (Woman House in Wadjari) is acknowledged and respected as a safe place for women and children to visit, to stay, rest and talk with others. Nyarlu Duwa supports women who are in need of emergency accommodation as a result of family and domestic violence, and also assists women who recognise escalating patterns of violent or abusive behaviours and wish to remove themselves and their children from potential harm and further trauma.

Services provided for women, with or without children, escaping family or domestic violence:

  • Crisis accommodation
  • advocacy
  • support
  • information

Service Type

Refuges

Regions Serviced

Mid West and Gascoyne

Referrals / Suitability

Our service, funded by the Department of Communities, is a 24 hour crisis unit that provides crisis response for up to 72 hours; each case is assessed if more time is needed.

If any details on this service are incorrect, or if you are the owner of this service and would like us to update these details, please use these online forms.

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Sarah Brown AM

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

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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