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Standing Shoulder to Shoulder inc

Locality: Mount Hawthorn

Phone: +61 401 934 479

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25.01.2022 Thank you to the staff at Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety (GSH & MBE) for donating the gold coin donation for casual dress day.Thank you to the staff at Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety (GSH & MBE) for donating the gold coin donation for casual dress day.

24.01.2022 #16daysofactivism

22.01.2022 SSTS would like to thank all the staff at the: Office of Inspector of Custodial Services, Mental Health Tribunal, Office of the Auditor General, Economic Regulatory Authority of WA,. Office of Freedom of Information Commissioner, Office of State Ombudsmans, and the Health and Disability Complaints Office who supported the recent Morning tea and made a donation to SSTS.

20.01.2022 COVID-19 and the risks not all Australians are thinking about. COVID-19 is likely to increase FDV risk for adult and child victim-survivors. For example, they: ...1 may need to spend more time with a perpetrator than usual 2 may be more isolated from their supports than usual, including those that might otherwise be protective for example pending school closures, afterschool and sporting activities, community groups and the availability of in-person child support services. which all provide wellbeing support and often key support people. 3 might be at home more or might return to their family of origin, and therefore more easily traced/located if they have been in hiding 4 may have confounding stressors such as insecure housing, precarious income, poor health, immune conditions or disabilities. The impacts of all these forms of increased risk to victim-survivors will be exacerbated by their experiences of other forms of marginalisation or oppression. The recent COVID-19 and Mens Behaviour Change Programs practice update provides guidance managers and program staff associated with intervention and case management responses to perpetrators of FDV. Link here - https://sfv.org.au//covid-19-mens-behaviour-change-progra/

20.01.2022 The Womens Council for Domestic & Family Violence Services Inc WA and its partners Department of Communities, Yorgum Healing Services, Stopping Family Violence and the WA Ombudsman invite you to view our National Day of Remembrance Candle Lighting Vigil 2020.

20.01.2022 Shock waves as news is revealed that the Family Violence Prevention Legal Service has been defunded by the Federal Government. On Day 12 of the 16 Days of Activ...ism against Gender Violence, this decision is appalling and not acceptable.Please show your support to have this decision reversed. See more

19.01.2022 Since March 2018 when our project commenced, 80 purple benches have been installed. With a further 14 in the planning stages, we are nearing the significant mi...lestone of 100 benches in WA. We would encourage Universitys, High Schools and Sporting clubs to consider conducting an unveiling of your Purple Bench during the 16 Days in WA to Stop Violence against Women. In 2020, this will run from Wednesday 25 November (International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women) until Thursday 10 December (Human Rights Day). The Purple Bench at City Beach in the Town of Cambridge Mayor Keri Shannon . See more

18.01.2022 Exciting new web page for Standing Shoulder to Shoulder. Click on link below to access. Thank you to Alya and Ram from Sites 4 good for their assistance. http://standingshouldertoshoulder.com

16.01.2022 This weekends Garden and Garage sale raised over $1,000. Almost everyone that came was from the local area. I posted this thank you on the local Facebook page today. This is a big THANK YOU to all you generous people that came to my Garden and Garage sale this weekend and made it a huge success. 100% of the proceeds go to Standing Shoulder Inc. supporting women and Children who have experienced domestic violence and have left the Refuge but have no access to Centrelink or M...edicare benefits. If anyone missed out, and a few have already messaged me, feel free to message me and arrange to come around during the week. There are still plenty of plants left, and heaps of excellent quality childrens toys and books going for "pocket money" prices to encourage children to support charities. Again, Thank you, the people in this group, and the Buy Nothing Duncraig group, never cease to amaze me with their generosity and community spirit. See more

16.01.2022 SSTS have been busy assisting families to set up in their new homes. We are in need of dining tables, chairs, crockery, saucepans and mats. We are available to pick up from you and ensure safe distancing.

13.01.2022 https://mobile.abc.net.au//police-in-australia-a/12757914

12.01.2022 Are the excuses we tell kids teaching them that disrespect is OK?

09.01.2022 Doesn’t matter who it is- family and Domestic violence is never ok

09.01.2022 100% of the profits from this sale go to Standing Shoulder to Shoulder. Come and grab a bargain!

08.01.2022 Courageous personal stories standing in solidarity with survivors of violence. These are some of the survivors, advocates, lawyers, victims, facilitators and co...unsellors working in and affected by violence against women. This week on our website and Instagram, weve been sharing a new personal story every day in a new story collection titled 16 Days, 16 Stories, to honour the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign. Listen to the stories now: centreforstories.com/project/16-days-16-stories/ 16 Days, 16 Stories is a collection of powerful personal stories presented in solidarity with survivors of domestic violence, recorded for the annual 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign and funded by our friends State Library of Western Australia. These stories delve deep into the causes and context of violence against women, consider new ideas of violence, power and intimacy, and imagine a powerful, collective response. We thank all of our storytellers and our producers, Rita Saggar and Claudia Mancini, for sharing these important stories. 16 Days of Activism runs from Monday, 25 November, to Tuesday, 10 December: the period between the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and the worlds Human Rights Day. Were profiling one of our 16 stories every day for the campaigns duration, and you can hear a new story every day on-air on RTRFM 92.1. Find us on Instagram centreforstories to see every featured story. (Or follow our friends Womens Legal Service WA, who are sharing every website story on their Facebook; angels). And take some time today to reflect on this grave, important issue, which affects us all.

07.01.2022 A very sad day indeed.

06.01.2022 THANK YOU to all who supported SSTS stall at Claremont over the weekend, which raised over $2000THANK YOU to all who supported SSTS stall at Claremont over the weekend, which raised over $2000

02.01.2022 Standing Shoulder to Shoulder are at the Kalamunda Agriculture Hall today for the All things recycled summer clothes today 10am 3pm

01.01.2022 NOT MY SON In seminars, I ask parents what their greatest fears are about sex and their kids. Without fail, parents of girls are worried about sexual assault an...d what they can do to stop their daughter from becoming a victim. And without fail, what I do NOT hear is parents of boys worrying about what they can do to prevent their sons from becoming the perpetrators of that violence. I can tell you right now, as a mother of sons - THAT is one of my greatest fears. For every girl that is sexually assaulted by a male intimate partner, there is a male intimate partner perpetrating that crime. No one wants to think that their son could be that person, hence no one is talking about how we can help our boys not become that person. But I want to. So, here are some of the things I have done, as a mother of boys, to try and raise good men.. Or at least raise men who will not be a part of this horrific problem, and will hopefully be part of the solution. I am blessed to know many many amazing men who have been such an integral part of my sons journey, and I could write volumes about the importance of having strong male mentors for boys, but this is about what every parent, especially mums, can do... right now. TOUCH THEM We dont touch boys enough. We roughhouse with them, we wrestle with them and somewhere along the line we stop touching in gentle ways. And this is pronounced when he becomes a teen. Dont get me wrong, its not easy cuddling up to a prickly hormone-fuelled, eye-rolling, hairy ball of boy, but this is exactly the time when we need to. We need to teach them the joy, the beauty, the ease and release to be found in loving touch. We need to show them how it is done, so they can, in turn, share that with their partner in the future. HAVE AN HONOUR CODE All kids need to know the rules, but boys need to be returned to the idea that they are, at their core, good, decent, capable and worthy, and above all else, that they belong to something- FAMILY. But just like belonging to anything, there is a level of behaviour that they need to maintain. An honour code can be led by you, but is best when it comes from all of you, collaboratively. Some of the things in the honour code of our family are: **Our home is a safe place for everyone **We never touch each other with violence **We fight fair, and with respect **We do not shame, and we honour mistakes **Take responsibility for what is yours - actions, words, body and belongings CALL OUT THEIR MATES Anyone who has ever set foot in our home is expected to honour that code as well - including all my sons mates. And if they cant, or wont, then it is up to me to help them do so. Do not be afraid to pull your sons mates up on behaviour that is just not good enough. Your son will need to do this in future (god knows just how much shitty behaviour he will witness - and it all needs calling out and dismantling) and he needs to see it in action, so he can work out how to do it for himself. Strong bystander behaviour is needed so much right now to change the societal gendered norms. TEACH HIM TO TAKE CARE OF HIS BODY We show girls how to do their hair, their make up, their nails... we buy them bath bombs, perfumes and lotions... we encourage them to do self care in the form of beauty regimes. (SIDE NOTE: I hate this as a form of self care for girls - more on THAT another time) But we are sadly lacking some form of self care for boys. Teach them the joy of caring for their body, for feeding it nourishing food, for letting it get the rest it needs, for treating it to massages and baths and yoga stretches. Why? Because a man that knows how good a body can feel is much more likely to make a considerate and thoughtful lover interested in mutual pleasure. And much less likely to go in search of bodily state changes like drugs and alcohol. And he will smell pretty damn good too. ALLOW ANGER We all get angry and it is a damn scary emotion to have to deal with. But we need to be unafraid of our anger, and we need to start showing boys how to bring their anger out in safe ways. Ways that can result in integration, and learning, instead of the harm that comes when anger is subverted and made brittle. We need to create spaces and ways for them to express anger - to honour that it is a real and honest emotion, a worthy emotion. An emotion that has positive impact as well - healthy anger creates change, sparks resistance, makes us move. But we need to recognise it, move it through the body and then utilise it. Stop telling boys to calm down and start giving them spaces to bring their anger and work through it. DECONSTRUCT MEDIA WITH HIM Mainstream media has so much to answer for in regards to how our views about women are shaped. Dehumanisation and hyper-sexualisation of women is at the core of far too much advertising (still) as well as movie and sitcom plots. It is so hugely important for us to spend the (painful) time engaging in media with our sons and helping them to really see what is happening. Help them get curious, help them question the way sexuality, gender and relationships are portrayed. Help them get curious about the ethics of what they are engaging with and wether or not it fits their own belief system, and your family honour code. These media skills become the basis for how he interacts with pornography further down the track. We need to create critical thinkers. SHOW HIM WHO YOU ARE The worst advice I was ever given was to never show my sons my emotional self. Luckily, I ignored that advice. They have seen me totally broken, they have seen me utterly in love, they have seen me ashamed of my actions, and they have seen me accept awards for other behaviour. They have seen me fight men twice my size in competition, and they have seen me freak out about picking up a squiggly earthworm. They have seen me work my ass off for what I believe in, they have seen me give without thought, they have seen my heart break with grief and they have seen my heart break open with joy. And from all of that they have learned that a woman is an amazing thing. A multifaceted, deeply wild, emotional, strong, capable, vulnerable, beautiful being. One that deserves respect, acknowledgement, care, love, attention and above all else, safety. And they know, without question, that they are man enough to give her those things. Julie Clyde Creative