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Illawarra Women’s Trauma Recovery Centre receives $25 million in federal budget

31 March 2022 Illawarra Mercury – Zoe Cartwright When Illawarra psychiatrist Dr Karen Williams woke up on Wednesday morning, her

Federal budget gives $25 million for Australia-first domestic violence trauma recovery centre in NSW

30 March 2022 ABC Illawarra Treasurer Josh Frydenberg announced $25 million would be made available to the Illawarra Women’s

Illawarra women’s trauma recovery centre secures $25m in funding

29 March 2022 Illawarra Mercury – Connor Pearce The Illawarra Women’s Health Centre has secured $25 million to establish Australia’s

Survivor experiences inform care model of proposed Women’s Trauma Recovery Centre in Illawarra

10 December Illawarra Mercury – Natalie Croxon The experiences of women who have experienced domestic, family and sexual violence

‘Moving beyond triage’: Push for women’s domestic violence trauma recovery centre grows

10 December 2021 ABC Illawarra – Kelly Fuller Jane Matts once had a knife held to her throat by

16 days of activism: Victim survivor advocate Lula Dembele

December 2020 Kelly Fuller

Illawarra Women’s Trauma Centre ‘needed yesterday’

December 9 2021 Zoe Cartwright- Illawarra Mercury The Illawarra is in crisis. Women – especially young women – are being assaulted

The responsibility of men to stop violence

October 16 2021 Illawarra Mercury – Declan Kelly Domestic and family abuse in Australia is an ongoing public health crisis.

National Summit on Women’s Safety goes virtual, with government under pressure to address domestic violence problem

6 September 2021 ABC News Advocates are demanding a “sincere commitment” from political leaders to reduce sexual, family and domestic

‘It’s a public health emergency’: Call for nine actions to stop domestic, family, sexual violence

3 September 2021 ABC Illawarra More than 100 different health and education experts have signed an open letter supporting nine

Sally Stevenson on ABC TV News

August 25 2021 ABC TV News

80|80 in 2031 – a vision of hope and expectation

August 21 2021 Illawarra Mercury – Sally Stevenson and Judy Daunt The eternal COVID-19 restrictions, girls and women being

Domestic violence experts imagine a nation, 10 years from now, which is keeping more women safe from harm

August 2 2021 Illawarra Mercury It’s the year 2031, and not only is the Illawarra Women’s Trauma Recovery Centre up

A brighter future: re-imagining domestic violence prevention and support

28 July 2021 Nicole MacKee Introduction by Croakey: It’s been called the ‘shadow pandemic’ – the domestic, family, and sexual violence

Illawarra Women’s Health Centre receives $300,000 in funding

7 July 2021 Illawarra Mercury The Illawarra Women’s Health Centre will be able to maintain its current services over the

Why mothers in crisis need compassionate support

3 July 2021 Illawarra Mercury – Rachael Humphris You don’t need to have children for your stomach to drop at

Kiara’s 10th birthday wish helps Illawarra Women’s Health Centre help victims of domestic violence

17 June 2021 Illawarra Mercury What does a 10 year old wish for their birthday? If you are Kiara Perizi

Why it’s time we listened to young people

May 1 2021 Illawarra Mercury – Georgie Igoe The staggering exposure of sexual violence in the media, parliament and across

Women’s groups want coercive control legislation, but fear impact on Indigenous families

3 April 2021 ABC Illawarra Aboriginal women’s legal services have told a New South Wales parliamentary inquiry into coercive

Illawarra Women’s Health Centre at Warilla hosts International Women’s Day event

March 10 2021 Illawarra Mercury Kim Sattler says winning Shellharbour Local Woman of the Year was recognition for the hard

Mothers and Sons program helps women raise boys to become non-violent, respectful men

8 March 2021 ABC Illawarra – Sarah Moss Boys as young as six years old are engaging in a domestic

Medecins Sans Frontieres helps respond to national domestic violence crisis, backs calls for trauma recovery centre

7 March 2021 ABC News by Kelly Fuller Known for its work in war zones, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has

Female invisibility – a challenge for 2021

January 2 2021 Illawarra Mercury by Sally Stevenson Following a NSW Health directive last Tuesday I, like hundreds of others,

Faces of domestic violence could be ours

November 28 2020 The powerful photographic portraits of five-time Walkley award winner Sylvia Liber are now hanging in Project Contemporary

Illawarra domestic violence exhibition to head to Sydney to confront the state’s leaders

November 27 2020 A travelling exhibition featuring domestic violence survivors from the Illawarra will make a stop at NSW Parliament

Support grows for Australian-first women’s trauma recovery centre in region

November 26 2020 Half the incidents Lake Illawarra Police respond to involve domestic and family violence, so there’s good reason

Wollongong’s fight to build a one-stop centre for domestic violence survivors

November 25 2020 Wollongong’s fight to build a one-stop centre for domestic violence survivors Illawarra Women’s Health Centre general manager

Anti-violence campaigner Tarang Chawla to speak at Wollongong exhibition opening

24 November 2020 Prominent Melbourne anti-violence campaign Tarang Chawla will be the special guest at an exhibition opening in Wollongong

Domestic and family violence services underfunded at a time of need in COVID-19 pandemic

October 20 2020 Illawarra Mercury by Sally Stevenson The Illawarra Women’s Health Centre is nationally accredited, annually audited, and has

Women’s health services say demand for support is soaring

29 SEPTEMBER 2020 ABC Radio News and Current Affairs By Sarah Sedghi on AM There’ve been plenty of warnings about