Links
Australian Virtual Centre for Women
and the Law
http://www.nwjc.org.au/avcwl
The AVCWL builds women's communications networks with particular focus on women's justice
issues. The project applies an intensive community development approach with assistance at
all stages and emphasis on women in regional, rural and remote Australia. There are
over 140 lists operating, 35 trained community list facilitators and around 5000 list
participants.
Women's Justice Network
http://www.wjn.legalaid.qld.gov.au/
Women's Justice Network is a pilot project connecting Rural and Indigenous women in
south-west Queensland to Legal Information and Advice through Technology. Read the
December edition of the project newsletter, Turtle Talk
Legal Information Access
Centre
http://www.slnsw.gov.au/liac/welcome.htm
LIAC is a joint project of the State Library of NSW and the Law Foundation of NSW. LIAC
has the primary objective of providing access to legal information for the general public
throughout New South Wales. All public libraries in NSW have the Legal Toolkit and 50,
including many in regional and rural areas, are LIAC libraries.
Community Legal Centres
http://www.naclc.org.au/
There are Community Legal Centres in all states and territories and an increasing number
in regional and rural Australia. A list of Community Legal Centres is on the web site
above.
ATSIC - Legal and Preventative
Services
http://www.atsic.gov.au/default_ns.asp
[choose 'Programs' from menu]
ATSIC provides funding for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services and has
undertaken a number of important initiatives to extend service availability to Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander women. ATSIC has recently establish over 10 Family Violence
Legal Prevention Services.
National Legal Aid
http://www.nla.aust.net.au
NLA consists of the 8 state and territory Legal Aid Commissions. The web site includes a
clickable map to individual LAC sites. Each LAC site has a list of all LAC offices,
including regional offices and information about telephone advice and similar services.
Attorney General's Department
- Family Law and Legal Assistance Divison
http://law.gov.au/aghome/commaff/fllad/Welcome.html
The Commonwealth Attorney-General has portfolio responsibility for legal assistance in
Australia. Family Law and Legal Assistance Division is the division in the Commonwealth
Attorney-General's Department with responsibility for administering the Commonwealth's
involvement in the legal assistance system.
Along with providing the Commonwealth's share of funding to State/Territory legal aid
commissions and community legal centres, it administers Commonwealth financial assistance
schemes, collects statistics on legal assistance from all the legal aid commissions in
Australia, and implements Commonwealth policy on legal assistance issues. This web site
includes an overview of legal aid in Australia, and recent legal needs studies.
Office of the Status of Women,
Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet
http://osw.dpmc.gov.au/
The OSW provides policy advice to the Prime Minister and the Minister Assisting the Prime
Minister for the Status of Women on issues affecting women in Australia. In 1999/2000 OSW
is focusing on 6 key areas of women's policy including the prevention of violence against
women and the law as it affects women. The OSW is divided into 6 correpsonding policy
areas which include:
Domestic and Family Violence Section which works on a range of issues relating to
violence against women. The primary responsibility of the section is Partnerships Against
Domestic Violence, a strategic collaboration between and across governments, and between
government and the community, to enhance knowledge, develop good practice and find better
ways of preventing and responding to domestic violence
Is Domestic Violence Too
Close To Home? A kit for rural women
Partnerships
Against Domestic Violence
Legal and International Section Section which provides policy analysis and advice
on domestic legal and international issues which affect women. Actvities relate to law
reform, family law, sex discrimination and international issues.
Women in Rural Industries
Section, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry - Australia
http://www.affa.gov.au/docs/industry_develop/women/aboutus.html
The role of the Women in Rural Industries Section is to improve the recognition of women's
contributions to rural industries (agriculture, fisheries and forestry) and increase
women's involvement in decision-making in these industries.
Regional Australia Summit:
Steering Committee Interim Report, April 2000 Equity of Services in Regional Communities
http://www.dot.gov.au/regional/summit/outcomes/committee/report/equity.htm
Includes community empowerment and improved family services including family counselling,
childcare, family law services, youth and domestic violence.
Regional and Rural Women's
Unit, Department of Transport and Regional Services
http://www.dotrs.gov.au/rural/women/index.htm
This Unit works closely with other areas of government and women in regional Australia to
increase the participation of women in community leadership roles and government decision
making. Within the Federal Government, the Unit has the lead role in working with women in
regional Australia to find practical ways to address issues of concern to them. The Unit
works closely with Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Australia which focuses on women in
rural industries. The Unit is administering the Rural Domestic Violence Programme
(RDVP)
which is a Partnerships Against Domestic Violence initiative.
The Regional Women's Advisory Council was established in April 1999. It's principal
responsibility is to advise the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Transport and
Regional Services, and through him, the Government, on issues affecting regional, rural
and remote Australia. In particular, the Council, by drawing upon the extensive networks
of its members, will provide advice from the perspective of women of different ages,
backgrounds and lifestyles living in regional, rural and remote areas. This advice will be
from the perspective of regional women themselves, their families and communities and will
focus upon community change processes, including the impact of government policies on
regional communities.
Rural Women's Unit, NSW
Agriculture
http://www.agric.nsw.gov.au/rwn
The RWN:-
Works with rural women and their families
Provides information and referrals
Consults on important issues
Addresses concerns and needs
Develops projects with other agencies
Promotes the participation of rural women
Builds communication networks
Advises on policy
Works with a community based State Advisory Committee
Rural Women's Network,
Victoria
http://www.nre.vic.gov.au/ruralwomen/index.htm
The RWN recognises women’s vital contribution in agriculture and rural
communities; draws on women’s knowledge, experience and understanding
of the world; shares information and identifies major issues for women;
creates better understanding between women of different backgrounds; and
publishes a newsletter written by rural women called NETWORK
Rural, Remote and Regional
Women's Network Western Australia
http://www.rrr.online.wa.gov.au/
The network has over 4500 members and the Network's charter is to bring together women
from rural, remote and regional Western Australia to recognise, promote and expand the
contribution they make to their communities. The Network aims to provide a mechanism for
women to disseminate and share information on topics of interest to women and relevant to
the development of regional communities.The Network has a community reference group and
produces Network News and the Bush Telegraph web site.
Rural Women's Network
Queensland
http://www.qrwn.org.au/indexG.html
QRWN aims to provide opportunities for the self development of rural women as well as
being a lobby group which undertakes action in all areas affecting rural women and
families, when the necessity arises.
QRWN's mission is to help all rural Queensland women, whether living on the land or in the
towns, to contribute more effectively to their communities.
Rural and Isolated Youth
Australian Clearinhouse for Youth Studies
http://www.acys.utas.edu.au/ncys/topics/rural.htm
Links to substantial government and non-government resources including
justice, family and gender issues.
Project
of the National Women's
Justice Coalition
with
the Albury Wodonga
Community Legal Service
NWJC GPO Box 3148
Canberra ACT 2601
email: nwjc@nwjc.org.au
ph: 02 62472075 fax: 02
62573070
web: http://www.nwjc.org.au
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Through
Our Eyes:
Legal needs of women in regional, rural and remote
Australia