INSTILLING RESPECT FOR WOMEN STARTS FROM THE GROUND UP!

NCWV PRESS RELEASE

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            INSTILLING RESPECT FOR WOMEN STARTS FROM THE GROUND UP!

There are thousands of books, brochures and millions of words written about women, but their miseries continue unabated in many parts of the world including close to home in our country and in all States of Australia.

Why is this so? Because all females are especially vulnerable, - whether as children or as adults, whether disabled or not and obviously education has not succeeded in fostering respect for womanhood and eradicating the scourge of violence against women and children. Human trafficking continues unabated, domestic violence is still a problem and generally rape and street violence continues to shock us all.

The National Council of Women of Victoria, the umbrella NGO of Victorian women’s organizations since 1902, is recognizing that in 2013 there is a local and worldwide need to attack this problem from the ‘ground up’, i.e. at the grass-roots level.

NCWV realized that nowhere is there a simple expose defining to all the meaning of

                                                RESPECT FOR WOMEN.

Nowhere is there a simple manifesto defining in simple terms the legal guidelines for

THE HUMAN RIGHTS of the FEMALE CHILD, the GIRL or of the WOMAN AT ANY AGE.

NCWV challenges the community from the Government down to all sectors to join with us in eradicating violence and the scourge of misogynist attitudes towards females.

The attached brochure produced by NCWV in January 2013 could be the starting point in awareness raising for all: in the home, in schools, in the workplace; for new arrivals to this country and in the indigenous communities; in religious institutions, in police stations, the army, the navy and the air force. In short, it should be disseminated to all sectors of society.

Our simple pamphlet is but the first step. NCWV does not have the resources for translations into community languages or for mass distribution.  Therefore we depend on everyone else’s help to do so. Posters could be printed in newspapers and framed on walls in public places. With support, educational seminars and workshops at all levels can be instituted on each of the aspects listed in it and more.                                                                        

PLEASE SUPPORT THE DISTRIBUTION AND DISSEMINATION OF OUR BROCHURE on the web or in print. The attached pdf can be reproduced as long as the National Council of Women of Victoria is always credited with its production.

Women have rights and responsibilities.

All women are deserving of respect.

For further information please contact:                ncwvic@bigpond.com

Jennie Rawther-Russell                                                 Malvina Malinek OAM

President,                                                                                Hon. Sec. NCWV

 Melbourne, Victoria.                                                              Melbourne, Victoria

03 9596 2264                                                                          03 9824 0208

jennierawther@bigpond.com                                                                  mehga@bigpond.com

 

WOMEN

 IN MULTICULTURAL VICTORIA and AUSTRALIA

 HAVE RIGHTS, RESPONSIBILITIES AND ARE DESERVING OF RESPECT

ALL FEMALES OF ALL AGES ARE FREE AND HAVE EQUAL RIGHTS IN OUR MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY .

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 Girls and women have

the right to be safe at home and on the streets;
 the right to choose...;
 the right to say NO to sexual advances FROM ANYONE;
the right to equal pay for equal work;
the right to education;
the right to civil marriage and divorce;
the right  to equality in areas of finance, home ownership;
the right to health care;
the right to sexual and reproductive health;
the right to follow their religion or not;
VIOLENCE IS A CRIME IN
AUSTRALIA AND VICTORIA
Violent punishment of anyone, including children
 IS A CRIME;
 ANY VIOLENCE IN THE HOME
 IS A CRIME;
IT IS A CRIME to have sex with girls under the age of consent, i.e. 16years;
COMMITTING RAPE IS A V IOLENT CRIME: NO MEANS NO!
IT IS A CRIME to force anyone to consent to a marriage on the basis of cultural customs;
DISCRIMINATION on the basis of gender or race or marital status IS A CRIME.
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 "Not just the right to vote, but the right to equal work and equal pay, the right to proper services, the right to physical safety.Perhaps the right of greatest ultimate importance, the right to education. “
(Julia Gillard, PM Australia, Washington, 2011)

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This brochure was produced in 2013 by
THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN OF VICTORIA INC. (Established 1902).
Regd. No.: AIA: A4465

ABN: 18227073059              Postal Address: PO Box 18186 Collins Street East MELBOURNE Victoria 8003

                                          Tel/Fax: (03) 9421160     Email: ncwvic@bigpond.com

.HELP: In emergency call 000 for police, ambulance, fire.
Multicultural Centre against Family Violence, Melb., 8413 6800
Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health, Melb.,        94180999
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 NCWV WEBSITE:

www.ncwvic.org.au

 The brochure was launched at Parliament House, Melbourne on the 25th of June 2013 by Victorian Minister for Women's Affairs, Heidi Victoria. Speakers were Dr. Manjula O'Connor, psychiatrisy working on domestic violence in the Indian community, Malvina Malinek OAM for NCWV, chaired by Gracia Baylor AM, former Victorian MP and President Jennie Rawther-Russell.