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Jul 7, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
🧵New report released today by Anne Summers confirms women are being forced to choose between staying in violence or living in poverty; between an unsafe home and potential homelessness.
The report doesn't look at the experience of First Nations women in depth, but we did 👇🏾
We worked with Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention Legal Services all around the country to release our National Report #PathwaysToSafety which drew together the expertise of First Nations women and services.
Jul 6, 2022 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
‼️We are extremely alarmed by reports of self-harm, suicide attempts and children in WA being transferred to an adult prison
Children do not belong in prison, maximum security adult prisons, and they should not be punished for the failures of adults to keep them safe. 🧵👇
“Change the Record is appalled by the decision of the WA Government to send First Nations children to a maximum security adult prison instead of addressing the ‘cruel, inhumane and degrading’ treatment of children in Banksia Hill youth detention centre.