3CR Project - I Just Can't Hide It

This 3CR project featuring eight young people with a disability was first broadcast on International Day of People with Disability 3 December 2010. The women explore everything from self advocacy, fashion and parliamentary representation to dating, technology and queer rights.
I Just Can't Hide It was supported by a Victorian Women's Benevolent Trust grant.

Finishing the Business - Abortion Law reform DVD

In October 2008 the Victorian Parliament passed  legislation to remove abortion from the Crimes Act. The Victorian Women's Benevolent Trust recognized the importance of documenting the campaign to achieve this fundamental reform for Victorian women and supported the work to produce the DVD with a $15,000 grant.
It's About Choice - The Victorian Abortion Law Reform Story was produced by Women's Health Victoria and launched in December 2010. It provides valuable insight to the long and difficult campaign, including interviews with politicians, health experts and women's health advocates.
Copies are available for $20 plus postage, from Women's Health Victoria on (03) 96637955. or www.whv.org.au

Women with Disabilities Victoria: Claiming our Future

Women with Disabilities Victoria (formerly known as Victorian Women with Disabilities Network) working with Rosemary Francis and Nikki Henning have produced a great history of the organization. The launch of the book at Government House in November 2010 was a wonderful occasion and it was great to see such a significant piece of work result from one of our grants. For a copy phone WDV on 03 96649317.

Being Savvy in Cyberspace

With funding support Women's Health Grampians has  produced an internet-based health promotion resource Say No to Sexting. Sexting is becoming a serious issue among young people, with many unaware of the serious consequences involved with taking, sending and distributing an image.
The program was created in partnership with the Girls Group at Ballarat High School. It aims to increase young people's knowledge about sexting and promote the "Say No" message. It was launched in July 2010.

Researching the Gaps: the needs of women who have
experienced long term domestic violence

We funded this important project by Good Shepherd Youth and Family Service
and major support was subsequently provided by the Reichstein Foundation.
Launched in November 2009, the project reports on the major gap in policy in
the integrated family violence service system.
Copies of the report are available from Good Shepherd Youth and Family Service,
ph: 94183000.

Unlocked is reproduced from the report, with kind permission of artist Nikita Lotus.
She describes her painting as...having a deep spiritual significance, as it was painted during a harrowing time...the direct result of being violently abused...the crane signifies her spirit finding flight, the lotus blooms signify new beginnings and the key at the centre is the core she found to set herself fre

On the Record: 20 Years of Women's Radio.

With a Trust grant, the team at 3CR Community radio produced an 8-part
radio series which chronicles key feminist issues covered on the Women on
the Line community radio show since 1986. They produced a CD-ROM which
is available on the website www.womenontheline.org.au. The series is also
downloadable here.
You will find the following programs:

• Feminists making waves,
• Violence and the law:Landmark changes for women,
• Survival:Aboriginal women speak out'
• Dismantling the glass ceiling: Women in the workforce,
• Affirmative politics:Women in parliament'
• Not the same: Culturally diverse women and violence,
• A question of choice: reproduction politics,
• Advertising bodies:Body image and women's identity.

Happy listening!

Loving Threads

A Trust grant contributed to this exhibition of unique marriage cushions created for marriages at the Victorian Marriage Registry by women from different cultural backgrounds. The exhibition is at Richmond Town Hall from June 7- July 21, 2010.

It's Real DVD 

A Trust grant contributed to this  resource for the Real Life (Relationships Education and Awareness) program. It is a discussion starter about the roles and responsibilities in relationships and the consequences of the misuse of technology. It can be viewed from the website of Women's Health Goulburn North East.