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A world where prisons are a last resort
Jesuit Social Services recently released the ‘Prisons, climate and a just transition’ discussion paper, which argues that in a world of worsening climate change, Australia’s reliance on imprisonment is increasingly untenable. John Ryks, Policy and Research Manager who works with Jesuit Social Services’ Centre for Just Places, spoke to us about the thinking behind the paper.
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In brief: Feedback on the Draft National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children
Jesuit Social Services recently gave feedback to the Federal Government’s Draft National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and Children 2022-2032 (the National Plan). We made a series of recommendations to ensure the National Plan meets its objective of a future free from gender-based violence...
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The call for climate adaptation must leave no one behind
The report makes clear that failing to mitigate and adapt to climate change will cost lives. Jesuit Social Services recognises that already disadvantaged and marginalised people are some of the first and worst affected by climate change.
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In brief: Submission to the Inquiry into Victoria’s Criminal Justice System
Jesuit Social Services was pleased to contribute a submission to the Inquiry into Victoria’s Criminal Justice System. We highlighted some of our concerns with current operations, and presented our vision of an evidence-based, socially just system underpinned by principles of prevention, early...
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Transition to zero emissions future must include a focus on decarceration
Jesuit Social Services has launched a discussion paper arguing that in a world of worsening climate change, Australia’s reliance on incarceration is increasingly untenable....
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Staff Profile – Nasser Yawari, Jobs Victoria Advocates Program
As hundreds of Afghan families fled captured Kabul in August and September, the diaspora community was waiting with open arms. One Melbourne-based community member, Nasser Yawari, works for our Jobs Victoria Advocates Program. Here, he tells how he coordinated within different Jesuit Social Services...
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Climate-induced displacement and COP26: an urgent issue of ecological justice
The effects of climate change will displace an estimated 216 million people by 2050. As COP26 draws to a close, our Centre for Just Places and CAPSA campaign argue for an urgent, interconnected response to the crisis of climate change-induced displacement....
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Centre for Just Places builds climate resilience in the community sector
In seeking to build a more just, inclusive and resilient society, we must strengthen the community sector to respond to the inequitable impacts of climate change, writes Jesuit Social Services' Ecological Justice Support Officer, JACK PIPER....
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Help us to give young people a second chance
Our #WorthASecondChance campaign was launched in July 2018 as a way to engage the public in joining with us to call for the youth justice system our community deserves. ...