Fadzai Mamvura, Women's Legal Service
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01 Aug 2023 |
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Salisbury
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This week our guest speaker will be Fadzai Mamvura who is a solicitor with the Women's Legal Service. The Women’s Legal Service (WLS) is a community legal service that helps women experiencing family violence, separation, and divorce to find safety and get legal advice especially if they are experiencing family violence, separation, and divorce.
The WLS was formed in 1984 after a meeting of committed women, from a mix of welfare, counselling and legal backgrounds identified a need for a free service that would respond to legal issues affecting women in Queensland.
Women’s experience of the legal system was often distinctly different to that of men with women more likely to be primary carers of children, to be financially dependent on male partners and have lower economic status, and they are more likely to have experienced domestic and sexual violence.
Fadzai will talk about her work with WLS and provide an overview of their services.
Chair: Alan Charles
Sergeant: Dudley Schmidtchen
Fellowship: Sam Douglas
Door: Doug Kelly & Ron Hunt
Three Minute Person: Paul Straka