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As part of the Year 11 Religion class, we have been focussing on various topics that have an impact on society. One topic of particular concern is the abuse of women and children in Australia. Violence against women is a serious problem with enormous individual and community impacts including social costs.

Did you know the following facts?

• On average, one woman a week is murdered by her current or former partner according to the most recent analysis of homicide statistics in Australia.
• One in three women have experience physical violence since the age of 15 years.
• One in five Australian women have experienced sexual violence.
  _{For more information please head to this link:https://www.ourwatch.org.au/understanding-violence/facts-and-figures}

This significant issue is also preventable by raising awareness of the issue and various support mechanisms that are in place so that more information is available to people.

There are a number of things we can do as a community to help raise awareness of this issue such as making donations to the St Vinnes group at Kildare College. The St Vinnes group raise awareness of important social issues such as Domestic Violence by fundraising for items for the newly opened Crisis Centre. The Crisis Centre which was opened by the St Vincent de Paul is where women and children can go to be safe.

If you would like to donate any items to help the women and children who access the Crisis Centre please send in any food, clothes, stationery and toiletry items to our College Chaplain, Emma Lewis. These items can be left at the front office.

By donating something you are helping people in need who have experienced a trauma such as abuse.

Basma and Isabelle