The Centres Against Sexual Assault (CASAs) are non-profit, government-funded rape crisis centres in Victoria, Australia. Sexual Assault Services Victoria (SASVic, formerly CASA Forum)[1] is the umbrella body for CASAs.[2]
The first Centre Against Sexual Assault was established at Melbourne's Royal Women's Hospital in the mid-1990s under the leadership of Kate Gilmore.[3] As of 2009[update], it was the country's largest network of its sort.[4]
CASAs provide support and intervention to anyone who is a victim/survivor of sexual assault, as well as providing advocacy and education services.[5]
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edit- ^ "Sexual Assault Services Victoria". Sexual Assault Services Victoria. 24 May 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ "Victorian CASA'S (Centres Against Sexual Assault)". Sexual Assault Crisis Line. 6 August 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ "Kate Gilmore". Communities in Control. 3 August 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ Simmons, Amy (10 March 2009). "Sexual assault 'woven through Australia's landscape'". ABC News. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ "Victorian Centres Against Sexual Assault Forum". Better Health Channel. 5 March 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
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