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June 4, 2024

Deaf Football Australia aren’t getting the funding they deserve

Australia’s peak body for deaf and hearing impaired football is calling out inadequate funding and support for the national women’s team, as the side prepares to take on reigning gold medalists USA, in Denver Colorado.

May 30, 2024

When it comes to addressing domestic violence, “the support services are there but the affordable housing is not”

"We need more affordable and social housing to reduce the waitlists for victim-survivors of domestic violence."

May 28, 2024

Danielle Ramirez: Why an academic’s 11 year-old-daughter is her driving force

Monash University academic Dr Danielle Ramirez is helping to reshape women's education in Australia.

May 28, 2024

Tackling domestic violence and youth homelessness with Youth Off the Streets

Youth Off the Streets is non-denominational organisation with a focus on early intervention that empowers young people and strengthens communities. The organisation offers education, housing, and mental health services – all with a focus on young people.

May 22, 2024

24 hours on the frontlines: Inside NOVA’s fight against domestic violence

It’s eighteen hundred hours on the frontlines of domestic violence and we are in a refuge in an unidentified location with Letitia, a senior case worker at NOVA for women and children.  

May 22, 2024

Combating domestic violence in multicultural communities: SSI’s crucial role

Meet Dilini, a frontline worker providing culturally informed services for culturally and linguistically diverse communities.

May 14, 2024

Meet Muslim Women Australia frontline worker Feda

Muslim Women Australia works predominantly with women from migrant and refugee backgrounds, also known as Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD).

May 14, 2024

The Women’s Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Service

In 2022, the NSW Government committed funding to establish the WDVCAS Hearing Support pilot in half of all NSW local courts.

May 11, 2024

‘We’re there from start to finish’: A look inside the First Nations Women’s Legal Program

This program, within the Women's Legal Service in western Sydney, exists because of the disproportionate representation of First Nations women when it comes to domestic violence.

May 9, 2024

How The NSW Women’s Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Service (WDVCAS) Plays A Role In Helping Victim-Survivors

"The better the WDVCAS and police work together – the better the outcomes for victim-survivors."
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In the spirit of reconciliation, Missing Perspectives acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea, and community. We pay our respect to their Elders past, present and emerging and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. We acknowledge that land in Australia was never ceded and always was, and always will be, Aboriginal land.

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