YWCA Adelaide Annual Report 2016-17 Oct 17 | Page 7

STRATEGIC GOAL ONE
By 2019 the YWCA is the leading
organisation for young women in SA
advocacy
This year YWCA Adelaide has developed and supported a wide range of advocacy projects,
building on our commitment to be the leading women’s advocacy organisation in South Australia.
Here is just a snapshot of what we have been involved in:
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 Completed the new YWCA Adelaide Policy Platform
 Launched YWCA Adelaide’s Women’s Safety Mural, created by Adelaide artist Ella
Simpson, with support from the City of Adelaide Council and Adelaide Fringe Street Art
Explosion. This mural, found in James Place in the city, has a message about women’s
safety and respect, encouraging safer public spaces through positive bystander intervention.
 Coordinated a DV forum with the Addressing Violence Alliance on Interpersonal Violence
and LGBTIQ Communities
 Provided a submission to the state parliament Inquiry in support of the decriminalisation of
sex work (including presenting evidence to the Parliamentary Select Committee). This has
been a strong focus for YWCA Adelaide over the past year, advocating our position that
decriminalisation is the model recommended by health and human rights experts that best
safeguards the health, safety and human rights of sex workers, the majority of whom are
women
 Provided a submission to the federal government in support of paid parental leave
 Continued our Feminist Insider segment on Radio Adelaide every fortnight
 Spoke to Hack on triple j about sexual harassment and Positive Bystander Intervention
 Presented at the AWAVA/Our Watch national violence prevention conference on YWCA’s
respectful relationships education
 Expanded delivery of Bystander Intervention Workshops and Rise Above the Pack
campaign, culminating in receiving an Australian Crime and Violence Prevention Award
for our Rise Above the Pack campaign (presented at Parliament House, Canberra)
 YWCA Adelaide have appeared in mainstream media on average every 11 days