Office for Women
The Office for Women works toward achieving gender equity and positive change for women by collaborating across government and the community. The Office works closely with women’s groups and organisations, as well as with the Government of South Australia advisory group on women’s issues, the Premier’s Council for Women.
The Office for Women exists to pursue the full and equal participation of women in the social and economic life of the state by:
- Providing effective and balanced policy advice to government on the interests and concerns of South Australian women.
- Promoting innovative approaches to public policy that embrace gender analysis.
- Provising high quality, statewide information and referral services through the Women’s Information Service.
Contact Details
Phone: 08
8303 0961
Fax: 08 8303
0963
Email:
officeforwomen@agd.sa.gov.au
Website:
http://www.officeforwomen.sa.gov.au
Address:
Ground Floor
101 Grenfell Street
Adelaide SA 5000
Women's Information Service
The Women's Information Service is a free and confidential information and referral service for all women in South Australia. Women seeking information can call (08) 8303 0590 or toll-free on 1800 188 158 for country callers any time between 9 AM and 5 PM Monday through Friday. Women can also visit the service in person Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 10am to 4pm. Women can also e-mail the Women's Information Service at info@wis.sa.gov.au.
Contact Details
Address:
Ground Floor
Chesser House
91-97 Grenfell Street, Adelaide
Premier’s Women’s Directory
The Premier's Women's Directory can be found at
http://search.premierswomensdirectory.sa.gov.au/
Gender Indicators Online
Improving the status of women in South Australia is of central concern to the South Australian Government and the Premier's Council for Women. Gender Indicators Online (GIO) provides a range of gender indicators on the status of women in South Australia. This information can be accessed here.
Family Safety Framework
What is the Family Safety Framework?
The Family Safety Framework (the Framework) was developed under the
auspice of the South Australian Government’s Women’s Safety Strategy
and Keeping Them Safe - Child Protection Agenda, to drive improved,
integrated service responses to violence against women and children in
The
Framework seeks to ensure that services to families most at risk of
violence are provided in a more structured and systematic way, through
agencies sharing information about high risk families and taking
responsibility for supporting these families to navigate the system of
services to help them.
Who is involved?
The Framework involves an agreement across
Departments and Agencies for a consistent understanding and approach
to domestic and family violence that has a focus on women’s and
children’s safety and the accountability of perpetrators.
The implementation of the Framework is
managed by the Office for Women, in conjunction with the Family Safety
Framework Implementation Committee made up of representatives from
participating agencies.
The core agencies involved are:
Where are Family Safety Meetings held?
As of early 2011, Family Safety Meetings are
held regularly (usually fortnightly) in 9 police local service areas
in
- Holden Hill
- South Coast (Noarlunga)
- Northern Metro (Elizabeth)
- Western Metro (Pt. Adelaide)
- Inner Southern Metro (Sturt)
- Adelaide Eastern
- Port Augusta
- Port Pirie
- Limestone Coast
The Framework will also be implemented in the
Murray Mallee in the second half of 2011.
The updated Family Safety Framework Practice Manual is now available. Download a copy of the FSF Practice Manual.
Family Safety Framework forms and supporting documents are also
available in a Word document.
Download a
copy of the FSF Forms.
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