Women’s Safety & Security

This Cambodian women’s organisation is there for survivors of gender-based violence who often have no-one else to turn to. Providing shelter, legal support and counselling, Banteay Srei is helping women reclaim their lives and learn more about their rights. They’re also working to overcome the harmful beliefs and practices leading to violence, running community-wide rights awareness training and helping bring perpetrators to justice.

In the highlands of Papua New Guinea, gender violence rates in some areas have reached 100%. Our partner Eastern Highlands Family Voice is responding to the crisis, providing counselling and legal support to women and girl survivors. They also run women’s rights awareness and advocacy programs, and offer community mediation and conflict resolution to help transform the culture of violence.

The Ta’ang Women’s Organisation (TWO) provides safety and security to women and girl survivors of gender violence and human trafficking. Women at the crisis centre can access legal advice and support to prosecute perpetrators of violence and trafficking. They’re also offered ongoing counselling and skills training to help rebuild their lives.

United Sisterhood Alliance comprises of four separate institutions; Workers Information Centre (WIC), Messenger Band, Women’s Network for Unity (WNU), and Social Action for Change (SAC).

Voice for Change (VfC) is a women’s human rights organisation aiming to empower and mobilise rural women to take leadership in addressing gender-based violence and increasing women’s economic empowerment.

Family Support Centre (FSC) is the first and the only secular organisation providing counselling and legal support services to survivors of gender-based violence, and the first to take the lead in organising national campaigns to address violence against women

Asisténsia Legál ba Feto no Labarik (ALFeLa) supports women and children in Timor-Leste to access a fair and formal justice system without discrimination through legal aid, legal education and advocacy.

FemLINKPacific (FemLINK) is a feminist media and broadcasting organisation, established in September 2000.

IWDA plays a leading role on the Steering Group of the Australian Civil Society Coalition on Women, Peace and Security. This Steering Group supports the Government to successfully implement the National Action Plan on Women Peace and Security, and has improved coordination and joint advocacy across a number of peace and security issues including violence against women and children in South Sudan, and human rights monitoring in Myanmar.

Changing the culture of gender violence means challenging the beliefs and traditions that see women viewed as inferior. That’s why Women’s Human Rights Defenders in Bougainville are promoting shared power and decision making between men and women, helping to shift power relations to prevent gender violence. They’re also working with government and community to lead effective, holistic responses to family and sexual violence.

Bougainville Women’s Federation (BWF) is an umbrella organisation that advocates for the women of post-conflict Bougainville by coordinating women’s groups, and a young women’s leadership program.

IWDA is a member of the Australian Women Against Violence Alliance.