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Why mothers in crisis need compassionate support
Illawarra Mercury – Rachael Humphris You don’t need to have children for your stomach to drop at the thought of a baby being taken away from their mother. If a ...
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Why it’s time we listened to young people
Illawarra Mercury – Georgie Igoe The staggering exposure of sexual violence in the media, parliament and across our community is leaving many of us examining our own wounds of violence ...
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Illawarra women’s advocate Sally Stevenson says Grace Tame’s Australia of the Year an award for all victims
Illawarra Mercury – Julian O’Brien Change is coming. That is the message from Illawarra Women’s Health Centre general manager Sally Stevenson on the back of Tasmanian sexual assault survivor Grace ...
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Female invisibility – a challenge for 2021
Illawarra Mercury – Sally Stevenson AM Following a NSW Health directive last Tuesday I, like hundreds of others, lined up to be tested for COVID-19. As I waited in line ...
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Domestic and family violence services underfunded at a time of need in COVID-19 pandemic
Illawarra Mercury – Sally Stevenson AM The Illawarra Women’s Health Centre is nationally accredited, annually audited, and has been government funded for over 30 years. We are about to sign ...
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Coercive control: why is this form of intimate terrorism still legal?
Illawarra Mercury – Judy Daunt The data is very clear. In 99 per cent of domestic violence-related homicides in NSW, the relationship was characterised by the male abuser’s use of ...
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COVID-19, women’s health and domestic and family violence: a perfect storm
Illawarra Mercury – Judy Daunt For more than 30 years the Illawarra Women’s Health Centre has provided highly regarded and trusted health and wellbeing services, free or at low cost ...
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