"To work together with Aboriginal communities to ensure safe and culturally strong futures for our women, children and young people"
Elizabeth Hoffman House believes that Aboriginal people have the right to self-determination and self-management as well as the right and responsibility of community control. Central to this belief is Elizabeth Hoffman House's commitment to practices, principles and polices that encourage, support or facilitate community autonomy and development.
Elizabeth Hoffman House believes that each community is the best able to identify its own needs and subsequently to develop, monitor and evaluate programs that address those stated needs.
EHHAWS believes that Aboriginal customary law does not condone family violence. Family violence and abuse of women and children has no place in Aboriginal culture. Customary law cannot be relied upon to excuse such behaviour. Perpetrators of violence and abuse do not respect customary law and are not behaving in accordance with it.
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Anyone interested in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Family Violence Issues are eligible to become individual members of EHHAWS. Organisations working in the metropolitan or statewide organisations whose client base includes the North/West - are eligible to become organisational members.
Membership is free. Members receive a regular newsletter plus notices of all our activities and community events. EHHAWS also has a eight-member community based Board, whose members are elected from the membership of EHHAWS. Most importantly, EHHAWS members help strengthen the voice of an organisation working to improve the safety and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and children in the State.
To apply for membership online, please download fill out the form below and return it to us via email or post. To find out more about the benefits of membership, contact us.
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Your donations are greatly appreciated and will support us in our work. By donating to EHHAWS, you will be helping us support Aboriginal victims and survivors of family violence and sexual assault. This includes women and children. We are also committed to advocating for improvements in the way that the community, the legal system and authorities respond to and address family violence and sexual assault.
Donations of $2 or more are tax deductible.
You can donate online via PayPal using your credit, debit card or online banking by following these instructions.
Alternatively, you may download this form and make a donation by post.
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