Women's Space

JRS Australia's award-winning Finding Safety Project supports women to create lasting change, safety, peace and freedom from violence for themselves and their children.

Finding Safety at the JRS Women’s Space 

The Finding Safety Project is a key ‘missing piece’ in the services sector puzzle, bridging the knowledge, capacity and practice gap between the asylum seeker and refugee sector and the domestic and family and sexual violence support sector. 

The first project of its kind in NSW and one of the first in Australia, the Finding Safety Project continues to lead the way by resourcing women, improving safety outcomes and building community capacity to prevent and respond appropriately to complex sexual and gender based violence (‘SGBV’).

Our work is recognised by the UNHCR Global Compact on Refugees as an example of Good Practice.

The Finding Safety Project was originally funded through Women NSW under the DFV Innovation Fund Grant. Recognised as a project of great impact, the Finding Safety Project secured a funding extension through the Department of Communities and Justice until August of 2024.

Do you want to become a Community Mobiliser?

JRS Australia supports women with lived experience of forced displacement and those who have faced challenging migration pathways to become community mobilisers. Community mobilisers provide peer support, information and referrals about services to their communities and work alongside the JRS Finding Safety project team to provide platforms for asylum seeking, refugee, and migrant women to empower themselves and to access safety.

Community mobilisers help to identify and reach women at risk of SGBV in the community, and assist in providing help to those who do not utilise mainstream services. Community mobilisers access in-depth leadership training, including ongoing mentoring and skills development in specific areas such as public speaking and group facilitation.

If you or someone you know would like to join the Community Mobiliser program, please reach out to our Finding Safety Project Coordinator Sara at Sara.muzamil@jrs.org.au.

 

Need help?

Get in touch with our Finding Safety Project today at women@jrs.org.au

Please note the Finding Safety Project does not provide accommodation or after-hours crisis support.

IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS EXPERIENCING VIOLENCE PLEASE CONTACT 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732) or NSW Domestic Violence Line 1800 65 64 63

IN AN EMERGENCY PLEASE CALL 000

 

Want to help?

Get in touch with our Finding Safety Project today at women@jrs.org.au.

Please visit our Take Action page to learn more about how you can get involved with our work, through financial support, donations to Foodbank, awareness-raising, and volunteering.