Council Meeting Notice: Council at its Meeting on 6 December 2023 resolved to adjourn the remainder of the business to be considered to a meeting scheduled on 13 December 2023 and vacate the Ordinary Council meeting fixed for the 20 December 2023.

16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence

16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence runs from 25 November to 10 December annually. The international campaign was started by the Women’s Global Leadership Institute in 1991, and now runs annually.

It begins each year on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and runs until Human Rights Day.

The aim is to call for the prevention and elimination of violence against women and girls.

The global theme for this year’s 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, which will run from 25 November to 10 December 2023, is “UNITE! Invest to prevent violence against women and girls.”

Western Sydney Women’s March

To mark the occasion, Council, in partnership with the Jesuit Refugee Service, and the Domestic and Family Violence Community of Practice will be holding the Western Sydney Women’s March on Wednesday 29 November from 1:30pm in which attendees will be marching from Merrylands Oval to Merrylands Civic Square.

RSVP TO JOIN THE MARCH

Acknowledgement of Country

Cumberland Council acknowledges the Darug Nation and People as Traditional Custodians of the land on which the Cumberland Local Government Area (LGA) is situated and pays respect to Aboriginal Elders both past, present and future. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples as the First Peoples of Australia. Cumberland Council also acknowledges other Aboriginal, and Torres Strait Islander Peoples living in the Cumberland LGA and reaffirms that we will work closely with all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to advance reconciliation within the area.

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