16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence is an international campaign that aims to raise awareness about violence against women and the impact this violence causes to a woman’s well-being. The campaign runs from 25 November, the International Day of the Elimination of Violence Against...
For SVAM 2019, BRISSC and the Queensland Sexual Assault Network (QSAN) have worked with artist and activist, Liberal Jane, to create a series of images inspiring community members to supportively respond to disclosures of sexual violence. If a survivor chooses to tell you that she...
Prevent. Support. Believe. On October 16, 2019 - the Queensland Government released a state-wide framework to address sexual violence. The Queensland Sexual Assault Network (QSAN), BRISSC and many other feminist sexual violence services have been lobbying for a sexual violence framework for years - it is...
BRISSC has been involved in 'Hurried Steps', a performance that tells a series of stories of women and girls from around the world who have experienced violence and persecution. Performed by a collective of Brisbane women, the stories differ in their cultural contexts but have...
In collaboration with the Northside Sexual Assault Network (NSAAN), BRISSC is offering 'Responding to Sexual Violence Training' for community workers. This 2 day training aims to provide community workers with knowledge and skills to respond to sexual violence – both in terms of individual disclosures and...
The date has been set for Reclaim the Night (RTN) 2019! Join BRISSC, Zig Zag and WWILD along with a collective of community women and survivors to march for our right to safety. Reclaim the Night is a women’s rally and march that demands the...
BRISSC and the Northside Sexual Assault Action Network (NSAAN), invite you to a very special awareness-raising event during Sexual Violence Awareness Month (SVAM) - a ‘What Were You Wearing?’ Art Installation, which challenges the myths and victim-blaming of women against whom sexual violence is perpetrated. Inspired...
Hurried Steps is a performance that tells a series of stories of women and girls from around the world who have experienced violence and persecution. Performed by a collective of Brisbane women, the stories differ in their cultural contexts but have in common heartfelt, optimistic...
The Queensland Law Reform Commission is finally reviewing the 'mistake of fact defense', a legal loophole in the Queensland Criminal Code which excuses perpetrators. Check out the terms of reference for the review below. Submissions to this review will be open shortly - BRISSC is...
BRISSC is a member of Queensland Women's Health Network (QWHN). QWHN publishes 3 newsletters per annum. Issue 2, 2019 has just been released, check it out here....