Moorditj Yorga (Strong Women) domestic violence support
Moorditj Yorga (Strong Women) – Together Walking is a support program for First Nations women who have experienced or are experiencing family and domestic violence.
Free
Confidential
Available to people living in the Cities of Fremantle, Cockburn and Melville
1:1 Counselling
Case management
Group yarning sessions
If you are looking for the Escaping Violence Payment page, click here.
Who is Moorditj Yorga (Strong Women) – Together Walking for?
Moorditj Yorga (Strong Women) – Together Walking is a service available to First Nations women, over 18, living in the Cities of Fremantle, Cockburn and Melville areas.
If you need support but don’t live in these areas, please visit the Women’s Health and Family Services or the Relationships Australia website for more resources.
Hear from someone who attends the group
How Moorditj Yorga (Strong Women) – Together Walking supports you.
Our team will walk alongside you. We can support you with:
- A safety plan for you and your children
- 1:1 counselling
- Case management
- Connection with and access to other services
- Assistance to access services for your children
- Assistance with Court attendance
- Group yarning sessions with new topics and activities each week.
We’ve developed a series of interactive workshops for Term 1, and we hope you can join us. The 2025 Term 1 workshops will run from 5 March to 9 April.
We would like to thank Meerilinga and Fremantle Women’s Health Centre and the Uniting WA Financial Counselling team for supporting the workshops this term.
Workshop details
Venue: Uniting WA, 10-12 Market Street, Fremantle
Days: Wednesdays
Time: 11am – 2pm
Registration: Contact Sakina Bindahneem on 0482 187 372 or at sakina.bindahneem@unitingwa.org.au\
| Date | Workshop | Description | Facilitator/s |
| 5 March | Art and Yarning | Time to reconnect & yarn in the first group for 2025 | Uniting WA |
| 12 March | On the Couch Event at Meerilinga Hilton | Join us at Meerilinga to Celebrate International Women’s Day. Mingle, chat and connect with other women and local service providers. Four women will share their lived experiences in the Couch Conversations. | Meerilinga, Port School & Imagined Futures |
| 19 March | Budgeting & buying cars | Uniting WA’s financial Counsellor Leah will provide financial information on budgeting, car related costs and what to consider when getting insurance or buying a car. | Uniting WA |
| 26 March | Tree of Life Art | We will continue working on our Tree of Life art pieces. | Uniting WA |
| 2 April | Women’s Health & Wellbeing | Women’s Health nurse Dawn will attend to provide information and answer your questions about how to take care of your health and what services are available at Fremantle Women’s Health Centre. | Fremantle Women’s Health Centre |
| 9 April | Parenting Conversations | Parenting specialist Belynda will join us to yarn about your parenting challenges. | Meerilinga |
Our team can also connect you with services to facilitate Violence Restraining Orders, conflict resolution and applications for accommodation and housing.
You can refer yourself or speak to us about referring someone you know.
If you’d like to learn more about this service, please get in contact with our team.
What does family and domestic violence look like?
Family and domestic violence is any behaviour that is violent, threatening, controlling or intended to make you and your family feel scared and unsafe.
It would include things like your partner or someone in your family:
- Hitting you
- Calling you names
- Keeping or demanding your money
- Stopping you from talking to your friends and family
- Making you do things you don’t want to do
- Threatening you, your family, friends or pets.
