NOW Australia, the group formed by ex-journalist Tracey Spicer as a 'one-stop shop' to connect survivors of sexual violence to counselling, lawyers and journalists is no more
NOW Australia has collapsed two years after former journalist Tracey Spicer launched the initiative as Australia's answer to the #MeToo movement.
It also worked with other campaigns such as Fair Agenda's election scorecard, and helped Gender Equality Victoria create a toolkit for witnesses to intervene in sexism and online harassment.Australian Securities and Investments Commission records show NOW Australia raised more than $130,000 through public donations in 2018 and only $9000 in 2019.
Nina Funnell, a journalist and campaigner for survivors of sexual violence, had long criticised NOW Australia for failing to properly consult the sector before its launch."From my perspective, it was a doomed project from the beginning because there hadn't been anywhere near enough consultative groundwork before they launched this initiative, which may have been well intentioned – but good intentions alone don't actually lead to structural reform," Funnell said on Tuesday.
But she said it was "mishandled from the beginning" and agreed that proper consultation with the sector wasn't done.
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