This is a submission from the Coalition for the Safety of Women & Children, which Auckland Women’s Centre chairs, submitted on 19 June 2026 * Thank you for the opportunity to make a submission on this Bill. The Coalition for the Safety of Women and Children supports the Deepfake Digital Harm and Exploitation Bill. Deepfake sexual ...
Released by: the Coalition for the Safety of Women & Children, and the National Council of Women Te Kaunihera Wāhine o Aotearoa After a three-year campaign, violence-prevention advocates today (26 May) welcomed stalking criminalisation, and also vowed to stay vigilant to ensure state agencies use the law as intended. “We thank everyone who helped make this hopeful day of ...
Retired psychologist Dr Alison Towns is an expert in family violence, a member of the Coalition for the Safety of Women and Children, and a dear friend of the Auckland Women’s Centre. Here, she talks about why she helped drive the successful campaign to make stalking illegal, with our Aotearoa Free From Stalking team. I ...
On 29 September, Auckland Women’s Centre’s advocacy manager Leonie Morris – in her capacity as chair for the Coalition for the Safety of Women and Children – wrote to the Chief Justice requesting an Inquiry into the Tom Phillips Case and Family Court Response. “The Coalition for Action on the Safety of Women and Children… ...
Public Statement of the Coalition for the Safety of Women and Children re the Crown’s disestablishment of Te Pūkotahitanga, a Māori partnership body for the elimination of family violence and sexual violence 2 July for immediate release The following can be attributed to Leonie Morris, the Chair for the Coalition for the Safety of Women ...
Release from Aotearoa Free From Stalking The government is set to “water-down” protection from harassment in a new law supposed to keep people safer from stalking, say violence-prevention experts. “While we support the bill overall, the government’s plan would make it harder to free some whānau from the terror of serious intrusions into their lives,” ...
11 November 2024 The aim of the “Aotearoa Free From Stalking” campaign by the Coalition for the Safety of Women and Children is an Aotearoa where women, their whānau and all of us can happily and confidently go about our lives, caring for each other, free from the distress of stalking. So we’re pleased a ...
Better laws and public understanding of stalking are urgently needed to protect victims from the fear, toxic stress, silencing, violence and possible risk to their lives, says the Auckland Coalition for the Safety of Women and Children. “As multiple stories show, our lack of fit-for-purpose stalking laws is dangerous and outdated, leaving targeted women without ...
