Family violence and homelessness
The link between family violence and homelessness is vast - about 44% of women's homelessness is due to family violence. Yet female homelessness still remains invisible. MediaWise was contracted by Emerge Support for Women and Children to help raise their profile and the issue of the connection between family violence and homelessness. To date we have developed a communications strategy that is now being implemented. The strategy ties advocacy and fundraising more closely together.
Forced marriage
Forced and servile marriage in Australia among migrant women and girls is a major emerging and alarming issue for the nation. MediaWise was contracted by Good Shepherd to develop a communications strategy, media liaison, develop a range of collateral and manage a media conference to promote the issue.
Impact: the campaign ended in legislation change as well as the issue of forced marriage placed high on the agenda of Federal and State Governments with media programs such as Lateline, Insight and 4 Corners covering the subject.