2010 - How Could They? Tackling Domestic Abuse
OWN Coordinator, Beth Eldridge, and Elder Law specialist, Sue Field, launch a project, How Could They?, on practical measures to deal with domestic abuse.
A series of five brochures is launched exploring legal and financial security issues in collaboration with the University of Western Sydney and the Law and Justice Foundation of NSW.
Noreen Hewett: Portrait of an Activist by Dorothy Cora is launched
Newcastle OWN’s history The First Fifteen Years by Pat Carlton is launched.
Brisbane Waters OWN is formed.
History is herstory too.
Older Women’s Network NSW
The Older Women’s Network in NSW believes in a society rich in social capital, where mutual respect and trust are paramount, where diversity and debate are valued and where people and their networks have a legitimate voice.
CONTACT US
Older Women’s Network NSW
8-10 Victoria Street,
Newtown NSW 2042, Australia.
+61 – 2 – 9519 8044
Newsletter
We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we work and live, and we pay our respects to Elders past and present.
We acknowledge the sorrow of the Stolen Generations and the impacts of colonisation on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
OWN NSW supports the Uluru Statement from the Heart, the call for a First Nation's Voice enshrined in the Australian Constitution and a Makarrata Commission to oversee agreement-making and truth-telling.