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huiasue.bsky.social
3. #NZGovt’s #Neoliberal #austerity & personal #greed means huge numbers of NZers are struggling, or actually #homeless, with no safety net.
Blame Seymour Luxon Willis Peters Bishop +
#TamaPotaka who denies blame on homelessness, as #WomensRefuge raises alarm #nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
Minister denies blame for reported rise in homelessness
The minister for emergency housing has responded to concerns from charities that people leaving violent homes are being refused emergency housing.
www.stuff.co.nz
June 17, 2025 at 9:27 AM
ploddinghistorian.bsky.social
“One night almost exactly 50 yes ago, around 40 #WomensLiberation #activists claimed #squatters’ rights over 2 derelict Glebe terraces. They broke a window, changed the locks & turned on the gas & water, opening Elsie, Australia’s first #WomensRefuge.” #WomensHistory #DomesticViolence
Squatting, kidnapping and collaboration: Australia’s first women’s shelters were acts of radical grassroots feminism
50 years ago, the first shelter for women experiencing domestic violence was established in Sydney. It’s opening was far from a ribbon-cutting affair, but it’s legacy is long and powerful.
theconversation.com
March 21, 2024 at 12:26 PM
solaarts.bsky.social
'We were refugees, but now we're entrepreneurs'
www.bbc.com/news/article...
@womensrefuge @womens_org #womenrefugees
Refugee entrepreneurs: 'We've set up businesses in the UK'
One former asylum seeker says refugees like her are "working really hard" and helping the community.
www.bbc.com
March 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
marghollingdale.bsky.social
'Women's Safety Service of Central Australia (WoSSCA) CEO Larissa Ellis also told the judge that due to funding shortfalls, she was considering having to cut the pay of some positions, in order to keep the same number of staff'
#auspol
#WomensRefuge
December 1, 2024 at 4:43 AM
informingbritain.com
"HUNTED DOWN AND LEFT TO DIE"
Full Story: t.ly/IBfGZ
@kentlawlor.bsky.social for @oldhamtimes.bsky.social.

#HabiburMasum, who stabbed #KulsumaAkter to death after tracking her to a #WomensRefuge, has been found guilty of murder.

#OldhamTimes
#TomorrowsPapersToday
#IBPAPERS
July 2, 2025 at 10:34 PM