We walk alongside Aboriginal women and their children on their journey to safety and wellbeing.
Welcome to Djirra
Djirra is safe place where culture is shared and celebrated.
We offer a range of practical supports to Aboriginal women and children in Victoria, particularly those who are experiencing, or are at risk of experiencing, family violence.
The work we do is designed by and for Aboriginal women, with self-determination at its heart.
Through supports, programs and loud advocacy, we are committed to a future where Aboriginal women don’t just survive, we thrive.
What we do
Legal Service
Prevention & Cultural Programs
Upcoming Events
If you are experiencing family violence and need support please call 1800DJIRRA (1800 354 772).
If you are in immediate danger, call 000.
Our annual Easter Drive is back! 🐰
Help keep our women and bubups warm and toasty this Easter by donating to our KWP Easter drive!
We are seeking *new* donations for the following items:
• Slippers
• Dressing gowns
• Towels
• Gloves
• Beanies
• Easter eggs.
Items can be dropped off to any of Djirra’s KWP offices, Monday to Friday between 9am – 4:30pm. The cut off is Friday 27 March.
ABBOTSFORD: 292 Hoddle Street, Abbotsford
MELTON: 1927 Gisborne-Melton Road, Kurunjang
MILDURA: 139–141 Langtree Avenue, Mildura
*** We ask that all donations are new and unused ***
Reach out to KWP on 1800 105 303 (press 3) or kwp@djirra.org.au if you have any questions.
We are excited to announce that our CEO, @Antoinette_Braybrook AM will join global changemakers at the Women Deliver Conference 2026, held on Wurundjeri Country in Narrm (Melbourne) from 27–30 April.
Aboriginal women’s leadership belongs on the global stage - and at #WD2026, it will be front and centre.
Antoinette will stand alongside women leaders across the Oceanic Pacific region, including an incredible cohort of First Nations speakers and panelists, sharing the truth of our experiences and the strength of our solutions in front of a global audience of thousands of people.
For decades, Aboriginal women have led the work to end violence, strengthen community safety, and transform systems that were never designed for us. Our leadership is grounded in lived experience, cultural knowledge and an unwavering commitment to justice. Women Deliver 2026 is an opportunity to bring these voices to the forefront of global conversations on gender equality and highlight the importance of self-determination and culture identity for Aboriginal women.
This is more than representation, it is recognition of the power, expertise and leadership Aboriginal women bring to shaping a safer future for our communities.
To Aboriginal women and young leaders: your voice matters. Your leadership matters.
🔗 Explore the speakers and learn more about #WD2026: https://womendeliver.org/wd2026/speakers/
Sisters Day Out is coming to Wodonga! ✨💖✨💖✨
Come and hear all about Djirra’s services and programs, along with the opportunity to connect with other local services on the day. We will also have cultural and well-being activities for you to join in and enjoy.
All registered participants will receive a show bag and t-shirt.
💖 Tuesday 24th March
💖 9.30am - 3.00 pm
💖 The Cube, 118 Hovell Street, Wodonga
💖 Morning tea & lunch provided
Register at link in bio before Wednesday 18th March.
While many celebrated International Women’s Day on Sunday with the theme “Balancing the Scales”, we must remember and not ignore the fact that the scales are not only unbalanced for Aboriginal women, they are disproportionally tipping against us.
The ongoing impacts of colonisation and systemic racism continue to harm us – we see lives lost, children taken and families destroyed.
It is unacceptable that Aboriginal women nationally, are 69 times more likely to be hospitalised with a head injury due to violent assault, and 11 times more likely to die from violent assault, than other women.
Right here in our state - Victoria, our women are:
• 45 times more likely to experience family violence
• 21 times more likely to be imprisoned
• 11 times more likely to have police use force against them
• 23 times more likely to have their children removed – almost double the national average.
These are not just statistics - behind these number are women - our mothers, nurtures, leaders and keepers of life.
This shows us how far we still have to come to change the narrative for Aboriginal women in our country. When Aboriginal women are safe, children and families are safer. It’s time for governments to invest in Aboriginal women’s self-determined solutions.
Djirra CEO @Antoinette_Braybrook AM has said, the metaphor of balancing the scales does not capture the reality for Aboriginal women:
“We cannot balance scales that are built on broken foundations. Justice requires structural reform, self-determination, and systems redesigned with Aboriginal women at the centre.”
Walk alongside Djirra. Share our calls for change. Donate to our life-saving work via link in bio.
#InternationalWomensDay #IWD2026 #BalanceTheScales #AboriginalWomensLivesMatter #WeHaveTheSolutions
As part of International Women’s Day celebrations, Djirra’s leaders brought the voices, strength and leadership of Aboriginal women to three powerful forums across Victoria – calling for truth, justice and structural change.
At the @cityofyarra International Women’s Day event, our CEO, @Antoinette_Braybrook AM delivered a keynote address and joined Sue Wilkinson, CEO of Yarra City Council, for an in-conversation on the realities Aboriginal women face within legal and justice systems. Together, they named the ongoing misidentification and criminalisation of Aboriginal women, reflected on local government’s role in supporting self-determination and the importance of allyship grounded in accountability – not intention alone, but action.
On the same day, Antoinette spoke at the @ipaa.victoria International Women’s Day Gala alongside Tania Farha (CEO, @intouchmcafv) and Karen Fletcher (Executive Officer, @flatout.inc), contributing to a panel reflecting on this year’s UN Women theme: Balancing the Scales.
Antoinette made clear that for Aboriginal women, the scales can never be balanced without addressing the racism systems, which are the foundations upon which the scales are built.
To close the week, Djirra’s Community Engagement & Cultural Lead, Kelly Faldon was part of the panel at Moonee Valley City Council’s International Women’s Day breakfast where she spoke about the work Djirra does to support Aboriginal women and children.
Kelly also spoke about Djirra’s commitment to advocating for solutions grounded in culture, community and lived experience — driving the structural change needed to rebalance power and secure justice for Aboriginal women.
You can be part of redesigning systems and rebalancing the scales for Aboriginal women. Your support helps Djirra deliver lifesaving legal and non-legal holistic support, so Aboriginal women and their children can be safe and thrive.
Walk with us. Talk about us. Share to amplify our voices. Donate today if you can: https://support.djirra.org.au/2026IWD
#IWD2026 #InternationalWomensDay #BalancingTheScales #AboriginalWomen #Djirra #SelfDetermination #Justice #GenderEquality
Djirra’s offices will be closed today for the Labour Day public holiday. We will reopen at 9am on Tuesday 10 March 2026.
If you have an immediate concern for your safety, please call 000.
Support services are available during this time, including:
🖤 Family violence support (24/7): Safe Steps – 1800 015 188
💛 LGBTIQ+SB community support (10am–5pm/7 days): Rainbow Door – 1800 729 367
❤️ Homelessness crisis support: Victoria – 1800 825 955
💛 Sexual Assault Crisis Line (after hours): SACL – 1800 806 292
🖤 Crisis support & yarning services (24/7):
- Lifeline – 13 11 14
- Yarning Safe ’N’ Strong – 1800 959 563
- 13YARN – 13 92 76
- 1800RESPECT – 1800 737 732
Donate to Djirra and invest in Aboriginal women`s proven self-determined solutions - link in bio.
Until Aboriginal women’s lives are valued, no woman’s life in this country will truly be valued.
Right now, the scales remain heavily weighted against Aboriginal women. It is time to invest in our proven, self-determined solutions. @antoinette_braybrook
#InternationalWomensDay
#BalanceTheScales
#AboriginalWomen
#SelfDetermination
#DjirraSupport 🖤💛❤️
Hey sisters, our March KWP workshop calendar is ready!
We have some exciting new workshops including:
✨ Main Character Energy with Bianca Hunt (Online)
✨ A 3 week series Staying Strong & Healthy Community with Dianne from Lovett & Co (Abbotsford)
✨ Cleansing Sticks with Elisha Mangal (Mildura)
✨ Feather Flowers with Aunty Kathy Nicholls (Melton)
✨ Blak Theatre Workshop with Laila Thaker (Melton)
✨ Weaving Workshop with Aunty Patsy (Mildura)
✨ Hair Braiding with Hope from Heavenly Hands (Melton)
✨ Healing Mats with Narnz (Online)
✨ KWP Art Circle Bracelet Making (Online)
✨ Our monthly Virtual Sista Yarns on 24th (Online)
✨ We also have a Sisters Day Out in Swan Hill on the 17th and Wodonga on the 24th
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To register please contact KWP on 1800 105 303 (and press 3) or email kwp@djirra.org.au
Stay deadly you mob!
Today, Djirra celebrates two important milestones.
Exactly eight years ago, we became Djirra.
Yesterday, the Children, Youth & Families Amendment (Stability) Bill 2025 passed through parliament, a significant victory for Aboriginal women and children in Victoria.
This reform has only been possible, because Aboriginal women courageously shared their stories of pain and injustice, stories of their children being taken.
Djirra, and others, shared Aboriginal women’s truths with the Yoorrook Justice Commission, which recommended removing rigid timeframes and restoring discretion to the Children’s Court to extend Family Reunification Orders. This reform will allow all mothers more time to escape violence, heal and achieve reunification with their children.
Our CEO @Antoinette_Braybrook AM said, “The passing of this Bill is a critical first step toward addressing the shameful over-representation of Aboriginal children in out-of-home care. This reform will be a game changer and will mean Aboriginal women can grow their children safe and together, thriving in culture and identity.”
While this reform is a step forward, Djirra continues to call on the Victorian government to invest in our Child Protection Notification Referral System which would see Aboriginal women referred immediately to Djirra for specialist, wraparound support as soon as child protection become involved.
Aboriginal women must have an advocate to navigate this racist and punitive system.
We ask that you keep this momentum going and back us in on our continued advocacy.
📢 Amplify our voice
📣 Follow our advocacy calls
🔁 Share our messages
