Share the Dignity

Hansard ID: HANSARD-1323879322-106140

Hansard session: Fifty-Seventh Parliament, First Session (57-1)

Share the Dignity

Mr MARK COURE (Oatley) (15:57:56):

I take this opportunity to inform the House of the Share the Dignity April drive. The Share the Dignity campaign provides sanitary products to homeless women and women in refuges, who cannot afford to purchase the products. During April and May of this year my office was a collection point for sanitary products that were then distributed to women in need. This is the third or fourth year we have participated in the Share the Dignity drive. In Australia the figures regarding women and homelessness are disturbing, with 25 per cent of the homelessness of women being due to family and domestic violence, including physical or sexual violence. The Share the Dignity campaign provides some relief to women at risk. I was touched by the number of local residents and community groups who generously donated to this fantastic cause. I strongly encourage all members to make their electorate offices collection points for this amazing cause, and I look forward to the day when that is the case.. The next drive will start again in August. In November and December Share the Dignity collects handbags and sanitary items for those in need.