Two-day training workshop for people working with or supporting women experiencing gender-based violence. WESNET and the Women’s Council WA are pleased to bring Safety Net training to Perth with the assistance of Lottery West, the Department for Child Protection, and Keeping Kids Safe. This training is ideal for those working with women experiencing violence and [...]
National Homelessness Summit, 20-21 May 2013
Julie Oberin, WESNET Chair, will be talking at the 3rd Biennial National Homelessness Summit in Sydney at 9.ooAM on Tuesday 21st May on Women, Children and Homelessness: Taking the National Challenge Seriously. Julie will discuss the relationship between violence against women and homelessness: the gendered face of homelessness in Australia Reflections on The Road Home [...]
Great New Zealand Video on Bystander intervention
This video created created and released in New Zealand ahead of the Rugby World Cup shows the impact of bystanders in cases of violence against women. Trigger warning: Sexual Assault. Click on the link to go through to the video: Who Are You?
2012 Global Women’s Shelters Data Count
WESNET is pleased to host the 2012 Global Network of Women’s Shelters Data Count again this year. On behalf of the Global Network of Women’s Shelters, WESNET Australia invites Australian women’s domestic and family violence (shelter type services) to participate in the 2012 Global Data Count It is that time of year again where we [...]
SafetyNet Training – Canberra
Registrations are now open to attend a one-day training event on Technology Safety. You can download the training flyer here. Click here to go to the registration page. One-day training workshop for people working with or supporting women experiencing gender-based violence. This training focuses on the positive and negative impacts of technology on survivors of [...]
Technology Institute – 5 September
WESNET is presenting a half day technology institute at the Annual Homelesness Conference on 5 September 2012 in Melbourne.
Homeless Person’s Week: 6-12 August
The theme for 2012 Homeless Persons Week is “homing in on the real issues of homelessness”. In order to understand why we are homeless, we need to see why we become homeless. Homelessness Australia, in its campaign for 2012 notes the many causes of homelessness in our community such as domestic violence, unemployment and poverty, [...]
Technology Safety Tips
WESNET has five new technology tip sheets that can help women experiencing violence with a high-tech twist and those services working to help them. There are five new tip sheets available for download. These have been adapted for Australian use by WESNET with the kind permission of the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) [...]
Safety Net Australia
Safety Net Australia is a new project that focuses on how technology impacts women experiencing gender-based violence, such as domestic and family violence, stalking, sexual violence, dating violence and abuse. Read more on our Safety Net page here.
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If you are in danger, please use a safer computer, call 000, or the Australian 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732) hotline. For more info visit our Technology Safety Tip page.
There is ALWAYS a computer trail, so you are safest to use a computer that your abuser cannot access. But you can leave this site quickly by clicking the button below.
