The Centres Against Sexual Assault (CASAs) are
non-profit
A nonprofit organization (NPO), also known as a nonbusiness entity, nonprofit institution, not-for-profit organization, or simply a nonprofit, is a non-governmental (private) legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public, or so ...
, government-funded
rape crisis centre
A rape crisis centre, also known as a sexual assault crisis centre or sexual assault referral centre (SARC), is a specialised centre to support victims of rape or other sexual assault, both in the immediate aftermath of the assault and in the ...
s in
Victoria
Victoria most commonly refers to:
* Queen Victoria (1819–1901), Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India
* Victoria (state), a state of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, a provincial capital
* Victoria, Seychelles, the capi ...
, Australia. Sexual Assault Services Victoria (SASVic, formerly CASA Forum) is the umbrella body for CASAs.
The first Centre Against Sexual Assault was established at Melbourne's
Royal Women's Hospital
The Royal Women's Hospital, located in the Melbourne suburb of Parkville, is Australia's oldest specialist women's hospital. It offers a full range of services in maternity, gynaecology, neonatal care, women's cancers and women's health. It also ...
in the mid-1990s under the leadership of
Kate Gilmore. , it was the country's largest network of its sort.
CASAs provide support and intervention to anyone who is a victim/survivor of
sexual assault
Sexual assault is an act of sexual abuse in which one intentionally Physical intimacy, sexually touches another person without that person's consent, or Coercion, coerces or physically forces a person to engage in a sexual act against their w ...
, as well as providing advocacy and education services.
See also
*
Feminist movement
The feminist movement, also known as the women's movement, refers to a series of social movements and political campaigns for Radical politics, radical and Liberalism, liberal reforms on women's issues created by inequality between men and wom ...
References
Sexual abuse advocacy and support groups
Organisations based in Melbourne
Organisations based in Victoria (state)
Rape in Australia
{{australia-org-stub