Top End Women's Legal Service Inc. in Darwin, Northern Territory | Legal service

Top End Women's Legal Service Inc.

Locality: Darwin, Northern Territory

Phone: +61 1800 234 441

Address: 2/17 Lindsay Street 0800 Darwin, NT, Australia

Website: http://www.tewls.org.au

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25.01.2022 TEWLS had a busy schedule of outreach legal clinics this past week! We snapped this photo from outside the Belyuen Women's Centre. A new addition to the fence with a powerful, important message. The Centre is such a wonderful, welcoming place for local women to have a yarn, share, create and learn. Next week we have solicitors accompanied by our Indigenous Community and Project Officer heading out to Bagot Community, Acacia Community, Knuckey Lagoon Community and Palmerston. You can call TEWLS on (08) 8982 3000 or head to our website www.tewls.org.au to see the TEWLS outreach legal clinic schedule and book in for an appointment.

25.01.2022 Next week is NAIDOC Week 2020! A week dedicated to celebrating the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Indigenous Events NT have put together this exciting program for the week, packed full of workshops, gatherings, panel sessions, concerts, movie screenings, sport, ceremonies and more! Which events are you planning to attend?... #NAIDOC2020 #alwayswasalwayswillbe

24.01.2022 It’s the 12 month TEWLSversary for this talented, hard-working lawyer of ours. Hip hip hooray! TEWLS is fortunate to have a bunch of passionate lawyers that provide exceptional legal services, so it’s only logical that we celebrate their milestones with gratitude and home made jelly slice!

23.01.2022 Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women - a day and cause very close to our hearts here at TEWLS We stand with women and women’s organisations around the country and around the world on this day. We praise the women heroes that we meet every single day, we hear their stories of survival and strength, and we echo their pleas for a better future for their daughters, their nieces, their sisters. ... We remember the inspiring, strong women who have come before us; who have paved this path of change. We all come together today to call for urgent action to end violence against women and girls What can we do as individuals? UN Women share 16 ways that we can all get involved https://www.unwomen.org//feature-guide-to-ending-violence- Photo: UN Women

23.01.2022 Wondering what we can help you with? TEWLS provides free and confidential legal advice to all women (and persons identifying as women) in the Top End. We provide legal help in the areas of civil and family law, including separation and parenting, domestic and family violence, tenancy, and money problems. Appointments can be in-person or by phone. ... For more information or to make an appointment with one of our solicitors, please call us on (08) 8982 3000, email us at [email protected], or submit a request via our website www.tewls.org.au

21.01.2022 HOLIDAY CLOSURE The Top End Women's Legal Service office will be closed from 12:00pm on Tuesday 22 December 2020 and will reopen on Monday 4 January 2021

21.01.2022 TW, CW: rape, sexual assault "The insensitive treatment of sexual offence victims in Australian criminal justice systems is a highly charged issue. Criminal trials continue to hinge on rape myths and stereotypes that work to challenge victims’ character and testimony... Our separate research has found that victim lawyers could enhance victims’ procedural justice experiences, and afford them the respect, dignity and courtesy to which they are entitled."

18.01.2022 The Northern Territory Women’s Legal Services (NTWLS), made up of CAWLS, KWILS and TEWLS, welcomes the recent Federal Budget commitment of an additional investment of $129 million over four years for legal assistance for women. The funding has been directed specifically to Women’s Legal Services. NTWLS members are planning to expand their services in a collaborative effort to ensure the funding reaches as many women as possible Read the full media release below!

16.01.2022 The TEWLS office is well and truly back in action! We said a big goodbye to 2020, and have welcomed 2021 with open arms. We look forward to working with old and new faces this year to achieve really positive, lasting outcomes for women in the Top End. If you would like to make an appointment with one of our solicitors, please call us on (08) 8982 3000, email us at [email protected], or submit a request via our website www.tewls.org.au

13.01.2022 We have a bunch of volunteer lawyers and board members who help us deliver top-notch services to women in the top end. Our volunteers are passionate, hard-working and talented. We are very lucky. Today, on International Volunteer Day we say to them a very big thank you! #ivd2020

11.01.2022 Did you know that the winners of the 2020 Australian Podcast Awards were announced this week? We are thrilled that Birds Eye View has taken out the top gong - Podcast of the Year! Hooray! Birds Eye View is a podcast created by women in the Darwin Correctional Centre. It offers a very real and raw insight into life at the prison and shines a bright light on the personal stories that sit behind each prisoner ID. ... You can download Bird's Eye View from your favourite podcasting app, or listen to the episodes at the Official Birds Eye View website: https://www.birdseyeviewpodcast.net/about

11.01.2022 Edit: 3:05pm - phone lines are back in action This troppo storm isn’t played nicely with our phone lines! ... We currently have only one phone line available. If you can’t get through to us the first time, please try again later or send an email to [email protected] and we will get back to you as soon as possible. TEWLS team

11.01.2022 Come along to the Power of Many Colours Festival this Saturday at Charles Darwin University Auditorium! This free multicultural celebration has some excellent giveaways and activities scheduled, including: Cultural dancing and singing Cultural fashion show... Activity zone for the kids Free food from around the world Lucky draw The TEWLS team will be attending to soak up the fun and provide information about our services. We look forward to seeing you there!

10.01.2022 A report released last week by the NT Anti-Discrimination Commissioner shows that the number of discrimination complaints lodged by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the NT has doubled in the past year (103 complaints lodged in FY 2019-2020, up from 54 complaints lodged in FY 2018-19). The spike in numbers may not necessarily indicate an increase in discrimination (which remains prevalent), but rather "increased confidence" in the complaints process and "a growing willingness to report issues". Read more in the article below. TEWLS can provide free legal advice in relation to discrimination and complaints. To make an appointment, please contact TEWLS by phone on (08) 8982 3000, email to [email protected] or via our website at www.tewls.org.au

09.01.2022 A funding injection of $129 million into specialist women's legal services was announced in yesterday's Federal Budget. TEWLS wholeheartedly welcomes this news. Read all about it in our media release below

07.01.2022 Are you 60 or over, LGBTIQ+, and living in Australia? You might be interested in completing the below survey. The survey is being run by professors from Southern Cross University, the University of the Sunshine Coast and Western Sydney University, in collaboration with the National LGBTI Health Alliance. The purpose of the study is to take a ‘temperature check’ of how older LGBTIQ+ people in Australia are impacted by COVID-19, and to understand how they are managing their s...ituations. TEWLS aren't involved with this survey - however, we are sharing it because the outcomes of surveys of this type are valuable and go a long way to assisting in service provision Australia-wide Please note the survey closes this Friday 4 December 2020

06.01.2022 Reconciliation Week 2021 #morethanaword #NRW2021 This week is Reconciliation Week! It is a week to recognise the incredible contributions that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people make to this country, to acknowledge and celebrate their deep, rich history and connection to land and culture, and to use this knowledge to come together and strengthen as a nation. The theme for 2021 is "More than a word. Reconciliation takes action." ... We strive to action this every single day at TEWLS, but we know there's always more to be done. We'll be checking out Reconciliation Australia's "20 Actions for Reconciliation in 2021". Take a look to see how you can do more: https://nrw.reconciliation.org.au/actions-for-reconciliati/ We also want to celebrate the Reconciliation Week art work below, designed by Jessica Johnson, a descendent of the Warumungu and Wombaya people, north of Tennant Creek. We are so proud to share Jessica's stunning work. Check out more of Jessica's design and content work here: Nungala Creative

06.01.2022 Do you like eating burgers? Do you like supporting Top End Women's Legal Service? For the month of November at Grill'd Casuarina you can do both! When you purchase a burger at Grill'd Casuarina make sure you use your token to vote for us (a jar with our name will be on the counter). We'd be very grateful. Your support will help us continue to provide important legal advice and support to women across the Top End. Thank you in advance - and eat up!

05.01.2022 Today, service providers put on an end-of-year BBQ at Knuckey Lagoon Community. Always great to catch up over a snag and some fruit juice, and to support our communities. We even made some furry friends along the way (who happen to be very photogenic!)

05.01.2022 "Culture is the basis of our being if we can get programs happening, getting girls sitting around yarning in circles, learning our language, learning the traditional side We know we'll never get it back one hundred per cent, but we have to figure out how we can survive in a contemporary environment. There's a lot of support that we need we can't do this by ourselves."... _______________________________________ The Wiyi Yani U Thangani (Women's Voices) report, by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar AO, was released yesterday. This landmark report has come about following years of listening to the challenges and aspirations of Indigenous women and girls. Australian Human Rights Commission

02.01.2022 When we are out on community we love to share in the stories and successes of community members. Today, proud Larrakia woman Dorothy Fejo visited our Acacia Community legal clinic with the artwork and medal design she created for the 2019 Arafura Games. We felt privileged to hear about the story and concept behind her design and her connection to country. We were blown away by the beauty of her artwork and couldn’t help but take a few proud snaps with Dorothy’s permission

01.01.2022 The federal budget was handed down this week. In the months leading up to the budget, women's organisations from across the country pleaded for financial assistance. Unfortunately, those pleas did not get up. Here in the NT, women's legal services are underfunded by $4.9 million. That means $4.9 million is urgently required to address the immediate unmet legal needs of women. We can only imagine the incredible difference that could be made to the lives of NT women if those funds were provided.