Wear it Purple Day 2024.

Wear it Purple Day 2024.

….and wear it purple we did!! Friday 30th August was Wear it Purple Day, a day to highlight the importance of fostering supportive, safe, empowering, and inclusive environments for all LGBTQIA+ young people. Wear it Purple is a volunteer-led and run organisation...
Pam Bubrzycki- Play your part in the DV battle

Pam Bubrzycki- Play your part in the DV battle

As we approach the festive season, thousands of mothers around WA are carefully selecting gifts to pack into their child’s Santa stocking.  Some of those same women are also secretively packing essential items into discreetly hidden bags that they can grab, along with...
16 Ways for Every Day

16 Ways for Every Day

16 Days in WA is now a well-known campaign, raising awareness around family and domestic violence. However, to truly combat the epidemic of FDV in our communities, we need to act every day, not just for two weeks. Here are 16 ways to play your part in changing...
Jodie Ferguson: Why didn’t she just leave?

Jodie Ferguson: Why didn’t she just leave?

We have come a long way in the evolving discussion around family and domestic violence, but this question – ‘Why didn’t she just leave?’ – inevitably rears its head from time to time. Sometimes there are feelings of frustration at women...
Merinda March: Ending the myth of the good bloke pushed too far

Merinda March: Ending the myth of the good bloke pushed too far

He isn’t usually like that. He just snapped. How many times have we heard a version of one of these phrases to describe a man who has perpetrated unspeakable violence upon a woman? It is shorthand for describing that ordinary, good bloke who just was one day pushed...