Women’s Health in the North has adored its Thornbury office with a large anti-violence banner to raise awareness of family violence.
The 2-metre by 1.2-metre banner will read ‘Break the silence, the north says NO to family violence’.
Its appearance coincides with a worldwide campaign, Week Without Violence, from October 14-18, and the Clothesline Project. The project involves painting messages on T-shirts about family violence and respectful relationships.
The Northern Integrated Family Violence Services representative at Women’s Health in the North, Ada Conroy, says the campaign aims to “remove barriers” and get people thinking about family violence in Melbourne’s north
