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 and we hope you can join us.
The 2025 Term 3 workshops will run from 23 July to the 24 September.
Workshop details
Venue: Uniting WA, 10-12 Market Street, Fremantle.
(Except Workshop 5, which will be held at the Aboriginal Cultural Centre 12 Captains Ln, Fremantle)
Days: Wednesdays during school term
Time: 11am – 2pm
Registration: Contact Sakina Bindahneem on 0482 187 372 or via email at sakina.bindahneem@unitingwa.org.au
Other details: A light lunch will be provided.
| Date | Workshop | Description | Facilitator/s |
| 23 July | Workshop 1 | Art & Yarning | Uniting WA |
| 30 July | Workshop 2 | Yarning with Elder Clive Morrison | Clive Morrison |
| 6 August | Workshop 3 | Discovering your family history | Nikki Norris |
| 13 August | Workshop 4 | Honoring Our Grief: Suicide Bereavement and Community Healing | Abuk Reech StandBy Program Anglicare WA |
| 20 August | Workshop 5 | Damper Making – Walyalup
Aboriginal Cultural Centre 12 Captains Ln, Fremantle |
Kaya Carson WACC |
| 27 August | Workshop 6 | Mental Health & Wellbeing | Debbie Lewis Uniting WA |
| 3 September | Workshop 7 | Fremantle Community Legal Centre Info Session Tenancy Rights, Centrelink Advocacy & Support Worker role | Fremantle Community Legal Centre |
| 10 September | Workshop 8 | Financial Wellbeing, Managing Debts & Exploring Our Relationship With Money. | Karen Misic Uniting WA |
| 17 September | Workshop 9 | Art, Scrapbooking & Yarning | Uniting WA |
| 24 September | Workshop 10 | Art, Scrapbooking & Yarning cont. End of term celebration | Uniting WA |
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.
