The Australian Government will today commence a public consultation process to inform the design of the National Centre for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse (the National Centre). The establishment of a National Centre was a recommendation (9.9) of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to...
BRISSC is pleased to announce our first support group of 2020, Embrace. Initially run in 2019, Embrace is a support group that focuses on sex and intimacy for survivors of sexual violence. Using a feminist framework for understanding sexual violence, Embrace draws on embodiment techniques to...
Interested in a support group? Prefer a social action group to up-skill yourself and your community? BRISSC is planning our groupwork calendar for 2020 and we would like to hear from you! Check out the link below to help us decide which groups to run in...
BRISSC recently completed a submission to the Criminal Code (Child Sexual Offences Reform) Amendment Bill 2019. These amendments are largely in response to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. You can view our submission here. BRISSC is grateful to the UQ Pro Bono...
BRISSC will be closed from 5pm 24th December and re-open 9am Monday the 6th of January. We wish all of our supporters a happy festive season and acknowledge that the holiday period can be a difficult time for survivors of sexual violence. If you require support...
Join BRISSC for a creative workshop in the lead up to the 'Silly Season'. On Wednesday December 4th, from 1pm - 4pm, join us in making a macrame keepsake! See the flyer below for details! ...
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...