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 their 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 Support
Our legal service can provide free legal advice and court representation.
Non-Legal Support
Specialist family violence case management and AOD support offering emotional, cultural and practical support to empower you on your healing journey.
KWP is a unique culturally safe space providing a diverse range of cultural, wellbeing and supports across the state.
Prevention & Cultural Programs
Our signature programs (Sisters Day Out®, Young Luv® and Dilly Bag) are culturally grounded, trauma-informed workshops that support connection, healing, safety and wellbeing.
Upcoming Events
Sister’s Day Out – Robinvale
Robinvale, VIC
If you are experiencing family violence and need support please call 1800DJIRRA (1800 354 772).
If you are in immediate danger, call 000.
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Yesterday, Djirra stood alongside the community legal sector at Parliament House for the launch of “Community Legal – We`ve Got Your Back”, the Federation of Community Legal Centres Victoria state election campaign.
Together, we are calling for increased investment over the next five years in our vital work.
Every day, Djirra witnesses the way systems respond to Aboriginal women seeking safety.
The message is clear. Seek safety and your children are likely to be removed. Seek safety and you are likely to be criminalised and incarcerated.
This is why Djirra`s work is so critical.
Aboriginal women must have immediate access to specialist legal representation, advocacy and support.
As our CEO @Antoinette_Braybrook AM said yesterday:
"Funding must increase so that Aboriginal women have access to a specialist advocate and know that an entire organisation stands beside her and has her back.
We agree that Aboriginal women must have choice of service. But if Djirra`s specialist services are not funded to operate in an area, then there is no real choice.
And when it comes to Child Protection, our call for a Child Protection Notification Referral System is simple.
Aboriginal mothers should be immediately referred to Djirra for legal advice and representation when Child Protection becomes involved.
After all, the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing
is legally represented on child protection matters. Why shouldn`t Aboriginal mothers be?"
#WeveGotYourBack #CommunityLegalCentres #Djirra #AboriginalWomen #FamilyViolence #AccessToJustice @communitylawvic
Take a moment to imagine you are a mum with children, facing an impossible choice: stay in a violent home, or leave and become homeless.
You have been unable to work because of the violence you are living with every day. You are struggling to keep up with bills, food, clothes and school supplies for your children.
You are scared. Not only for your own safety, but for your children’s safety too.
And you worry that seeking safety will lead to you being blamed and punished by the very systems that should respond.
You fear your children will be taken, and that the violence inflicted by the perpetrator will be used as evidence against you.
This is the reality for too many Aboriginal women.
Every day, Djirra supports Aboriginal women and children facing these often impossible situations. To continue this important work, we urgently need and rely on your support.
This End of Financial Year, will you provide a vital donation to Djirra so we can help make safety possible?
Your donation could provide:
• Access to essentials like food, clothing and toiletries
• Specialist family violence support
• Financial support to move to a safer home
• Access to counselling to continue healing
Stand with our women this End of Financial Year and donate to our appeal today. Make your gift count!
Link in bio 👆🏽👆🏽
Last week, our CEO attended a roundtable with Aboriginal advocates and allies from across the country to discuss the urgent action required almost two years on from the Senate Inquiry into Missing and Murdered First Nations Women and Girls. The meeting was convened by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Katie Kiss, together with Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commissioner, Micaela Cronin, and hosted by the Her Excellency the Honourable Ms Sam Mostyn AC, Governor-General of Australia.
Over two years ago, the families of murdered and violently disappeared Aboriginal women and girls provided evidence to the Senate Inquiry, giving their time, opening their hearts, and sharing their painful stories about the mothers, aunties, sisters and daughters whose lives were not valued, taken by male violence and racist systems.
Our contribution to last week’s roundtable was clear, with @Antoinette_Braybrook AM saying “We have the solutions to keeping Aboriginal women and children safe. What is missing is the investment. Governments must commit to increased and long-term funding to support specialist frontline Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations such as Djirra and other Family Violence Prevention and Legal Services that put Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and children’s safety first.”
Dr Hannah McGlade, among many other women, spoke about her important advocacy including bringing cases involving murdered, missing and wrongfully incarcerated women before the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). This important work to address systemic and gender based discrimination to First Nations women is not adequately valued by governments, and must be supported to ensure governments, systems and perpetrators are held accountable.
We have spoken our truths again and again.
We demand action.
Aboriginal women deserve an advocate.
Advocacy for Aboriginal women must be invested in.
#MissingAndMurderedIndigenousWomenAndGirls #MMIWG #AboriginalWomensLivesMatter #WeHaveTheSolutions @gg_australia
Calling all wellbeing providers in Warrnambool and Robinvale! 💅🏽✨💆🏽♀️
We are after hairdressers, nail techs, massage therapists, reflexologists and facial waxers for two upcoming Sisters Day Out® events to treat our women and make them feel deadly.
The events are in Warrnambool (16 June) and Robinvale (30 June).
This is paid work! Reach out to sistersdayout@djirra.org.au to discuss, and please tag or send this post to anyone else who may be interested.
Sisters Day Out® is a one-day early intervention, prevention and wellbeing workshop held regularly in community across Victoria.
Recognised as best practice by the Victorian Royal Commission into Family Violence, Sisters Day Out:
✨ Supports early intervention and is often an entry point into Djirra’s wraparound services.
✨ Breaks isolation, which can be a critical first step in seeking support.
✨ Builds knowledge and confidence as women learn about their rights.
Since its inception in 2007, over 15,000 Aboriginal women have attended our Sisters Day Out workshops across the state.
This is prevention in action.
This is community strength.
This is how we keep our women safe.
Our Early Intervention and Prevention Programs like Sisters Day Out are crucial to ensure Aboriginal women can access safety, community support and culture. Governments must commit to long-term investing in our self-determined solutions.
#AboriginalWomensLivesMatter
Our Koori Women’s Place is now collecting winter warmers!
We are after new (or in good condition) winter clothes and accessories to keep our women warm this winter, including:
❄️ Coats and jackets
✨ Jumpers and hoodies
❄️ Beanies
✨ Scarves
❄️ Slippers
You can drop off items to any of the below KWP locations from 1-29 June, allowing women to come into Djirra and get warm clothing ahead of NAIDOC Week events.
Abbotsford: 292 Hoddle Street, Abbotsford
Melton: 1927-1937 Gisborne-Melton Road, Kurunjang
Mildura: 139-141 Langtree Avenue, Mildura
Traralgon: The Collective Cospace, Suite 30/108 Franklin St, Traralgon
Please reach out to our Koori Women’s Place on 1800 105 303 (press 3) or kwp@djirra.org.au if you have any questions.
Thank you for your support – and please share this post with your friends and family! Together, we can make this winter a little warmer for everyone. 🖤💛❤️
Today, on Mabo Day, we honour the legacy of Eddie Koiki Mabo and the Mer people, whose fight for justice changed this country forever.
The landmark Mabo decision overturned the harmful lie of “terra nullius” - the idea that this land belonged to no one before colonisation. It recognised what we have always known: that our people have lived on, cared for and belonged to Country since the beginning of time.
As Reconciliation Week comes to a close, Mabo Day reminds us that reconciliation must move beyond tokenism, hashtags and a single week of reflection. The fight for justice, truth-telling, recognition and self-determination continues every single day.
Real reconciliation means continuing to listen to, stand with and support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, not just during significant moments, but through ongoing action, accountability and investment in our communities and leadership.
Real reconciliation isn’t symbolic - it demands that we listen, stand with, and back Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people every day. It requires sustained action, real accountability, and meaningful investment in community strength and Aboriginal-led solutions.
Djirra honours Eddie’s legacy and all those who continue this work today.
Always was. Always will be.
#NationalReconciliationWeek #NRW2026 #AboriginalWomensLivesMatter @Antoinette_Braybrook
To be ALL IN means moving beyond tokenism and hashtags.
Our CEO @Antoinette_Braybrook AM says, “Reconciliation cannot be achieved through token gestures. Being ALL IN means a commitment that extends beyond National Reconciliation Week, beyond hashtags, statements and morning teas. Because real reconciliation requires more than symbolism. It requires courage, accountability and structural change.”
We invite you to be ALL IN for Aboriginal women. Believe in our leadership. Invest in our self-determined solutions. Challenge the systemic racism and inequality that continue to shape our lives.
Being ALL IN is more than a theme or a moment. It is a commitment to stand with Aboriginal women and drive the structural change our people deserve.
You can go ALL IN in the lead up to this EOFY by donating to Djirra via link in bio.
Your donation means that:
• Our frontline workers can support more Aboriginal women and children to escape family violence
• we can reach more Aboriginal women and children through our life changing early intervention and prevention programs
• we can support more Aboriginal women to grow their children thriving in culture and identity
• Aboriginal women’s voices and experiences are amplified and driving systemic and calling for structural change.
#NationalReconciliationWeek #AboriginalWomensLivesMatter
#NRW2026 #EOFYAppeal #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe
This year’s theme for National Reconciliation Week is ALL IN, so what does it actually mean and look like to be ‘ALL IN’?
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Be ALL IN and share our posts to spread our message far and wide 📢
#NationalReconciliationWeek #AboriginalWomensLivesMatter @antoinette_braybrook
