The National Women's Justice Coalition and the Albury Wodonga Community Legal
Centre have great pleasure in inviting you to a national conference focusing on the legal
needs of the two million women living in regional, rural and remote Australia.
What kinds of problems relating to the law and legal protection do women living in
regional, rural or remote Australia have? Is there adequate access to legal assistance and
other relevant services? What kind of assistance and services are needed? What 'works' and
what doesn't!
The
conference will focus on these questions, showcase and debate service delivery models and
bring together community workers, service providers, courts, researchers, advisers and
parliamentarians.
The members of the Board of the National Women's Justice Coalition and the conference
organising group look forward to welcoming you to Albury, NSW for this conference. With
your help this conference will lay the foundations for new emphasis, partnerships and
directions at a community, regional, state and national level.
Acknowledgments
Financial assistance for this conference has been provided by:
Family Law and Legal Assistance Division, Commonwealth
Attorney-General's Department
Law Foundation of NSW
Victorian Law Foundation
Stegley Foundation
Law Society of South Australia
Northern Territory Law Society Public Purposes Trust
We also acknowledge the support and assistance of the following for the
conference:
Country Women's Association,
Law Council of Australia, Access to Justice Committee,
National Association of Community Legal Centres (NACLC) and their Rural Regional &
Remote Network,
Australian Legal Assistance Forum,
Regional Rural Women's Unit, Department of Transport and Regional Services,
Centre for Rural Social Research Charles Sturt University
La Trobe University, School of Law and Legal Studies
Finally, we sincerely thank the several hundred people who took time to respond to the
coping questionnaire which was circulated in preparation for the conference. |
