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Today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and the beginning of the 16 Days in WA campaign.![]()
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Violence against women and girls remains one of the most prevalent and pervasive human rights violations in the world. Globally, an estimated 736 million women — almost one in three — have been subjected to physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence, non-partner sexual violence, or both, at least once in their life.![]()
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Violence against women is not just physical violence, it has been defined by the United Nations General Assembly in 1993 as “any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or private life.”![]()
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While gender-based violence can happen to anyone, anywhere, women and girls are particularly vulnerable - particularly, young girls and older women, women who identify as lesbian, bisexual, transgender or intersex, migrants and refugees, indigenous women and ethnic minorities, or women and girls living with HIV and disabilities, and those living through humanitarian crises.![]()
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We will be supporting the 16 Days in WA campaign by posting on our social media platforms to raise awareness on the issue of violence against women. Raising awareness is key to driving change and ending violence in our community. It is only when we understand an issue without judgment that we can expect people to drive change for that issue.![]()
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#16DaysinWA #NoExcuse #ElimintationofViolenceAgainstWomen
💙 Thank you to the Rotary Club of Northbridge WA for your support and donation to Street Law Centre 💙![]()
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In October, the Rotary Club of Northbridge held their annual quiz night in which the proceeds were donated to Street Law. On Monday night we were invited to formally receive their donation to our centre. ![]()
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We are so grateful for the Rotary Club’s support and donation. As a not for profit organisation providing free legal services to people experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness in Western Australia donations are vital so we can continue to operate. ![]()
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The Rotary Club's donation will go directly to paying the fees associated with obtaining our client’s essential identity documents. The donation amount will allow us to obtain 36 birth certificates and 42 photo cards for our clients.
⚖Access to justice to Western Australia’s young people ⚖![]()
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Last Thursday, we held a pop-up legal clinic at Passages Youth Engagement Centre for their Justice Day.![]()
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The Justice Day was a one-stop-shop for young people to access legal advice, ID, assistance with fines and infringements, tax advice, and connect with job providers. ![]()
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Solicitors, Luella, and Jack, spoke with five young people and provided legal advice to them. ![]()
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We are grateful for our long-standing partnership with Passages, and to be included in such a valuable event.
With the goal of encouraging equality and diversity across the world, the United Nations introduced the International Day for Tolerance on this day 27 years ago. ![]()
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The United Nations defines tolerance as respect, appreciation and acceptance of the diversity of the world’s cultures and all the ways that people are human. It is considered to be a basic human right to receive tolerance, and should be expected to be practiced by not just individuals, but also by groups and states. Human rights is at the core of this thought. It supports the notion that humanity has the right to live in peace.![]()
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Each Government is responsible for enforcing human rights laws, for banning and punishing hate crimes and discrimination against minorities, whether these are committed by State officials, private organizations or individuals.![]()
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It is important to be aware that intolerance in a society is the sum-total of the intolerance of its individual members. Bigotry, stereotyping, stigmatizing, insults and racial jokes are examples of individual expressions of intolerance to which some people are subjected daily.![]()
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A society of tolerance, is a society founded on respect for human rights.![]()
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#InternationalDayforTolerence
The Street Law team is still riding on a high from being named the winner of the not-for-profit category of the Attorney General’s (John Quigley) Community Service Law awards at The Law Society of Western Australia’s Law Gala. ![]()
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A big congratulations to Albany Community Legal Centre Inc and Gosnells Community Legal Centre who were finalists in the not-for-profit category, and congratulations to all the winners of the night, including a past Street Law solicitor, Tom, who won Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year.![]()
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Here are some highlights from the night of our wonderful team who attended 🌟
