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After learning of the urgent need for basic household items for women escaping abusive relationships, the Catholic Women’s League Next Gen group decided to see if they could help.
National
Australia’s bishops have used their annual social justice statement to condemn the scourge of domestic and family violence, saying relationships must be ‘marked by respect and freedom rather than coercion and control’.
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Regional communities will be mobilised to empower at-risk women and children under a new project to address domestic and family violence in response to COVID.
It was Russell Ebert who welcomed Centacare to Alberton in 2015 as Port Adelaide prepared to take a stand against domestic violence.
The heartbreaking death of Kobi Shepherdson in a murder-suicide at the Whispering Wall last month has highlighted yet again the shocking prevalence of domestic violence in our community.
Virtual events, creative ways to raise money and not planning too far in advance – that’s the new reality for Catherine House as it tries to navigate the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.
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