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Grants
and Projects - Women's Human Rights
Women's
Rights Action Network Australia
The Tribunal Project
In 1999, the Trust made a
donation to the Women's Rights Action Network Australia (WRANA), in support
of their 'tribunal project' that aimed to promote the human rights of
women.
In May of 1999 hundreds
of people attended the Melbourne Town Hall where the first Australian
Tribunal on Women's Human Rights heard 14 women tell their stories of human
rights abuses. The testimonies covered a broad range of issues that
Australian women face including:
- experiences
from the Stolen Generation
- forced
sterilisation of women with disabilities
- domestic
violence
- outworking
in the textile industry
- refugee
women's experiences
- migrant
women's issues
- young
women's experiences
- women
and prisons
- older
women's experiences
- lesbian
parenting issues
- housing
issues for indigenous women
- experiences
from survivors of sexual abuse
One audience member
commented:
'I have
cried, I have smiled, I've been on a rollercoaster of emotions today, but I
am a changed woman. The women who told their stories and the experience of
the tribunal have changed me, and will affect what I go on to do'
The Trust's donation went
to the community education aspect to facilitate the involvement of young
women from disadvantaged backgrounds in the tribunal project, through
attendance at the Tribunal and participation in a post-Tribunal Workshop.
WRANA have since prepared recommendations for government policy makers and
community agencies working with women based on the outcome of the tribunal.
The 'schools project' was
held in October 1999 and consisted of a workshop for senior secondary
school students.
The Anna Wearne Trust is
delight to have supported such a positive, inspirational project and
congratulate the young women at WRANA on the success of their endeavour.
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