Published on Monday, 8 September 2025 at 2:36:00 PM
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Carmen Reilly appointed Project Manager for 16 Days in WA campaign – Play Your Part
The Shire of Carnarvon is pleased to announce Carmen Reilly has been appointed Project Manager for the upcoming 16 Days in WA campaign.
This grant-funded position emerges from the Carnarvon Alcohol and Other Drug (CAOD) Working Group, administered by the Shire of Carnarvon and funded by the Alcohol & Drug Foundation.
Action around 16 Days in WA is a key action from the CAOD Action Plan. Running annually from 25 November (International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women) to 10 December (Human Rights Day), the campaign takes its inspiration from the global 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence.
The 2025 theme is Stopping Family and Domestic Violence: Play your part.
Carmen will be based at the Community Art Hub each Monday, connecting with local organisations, services, and community groups to deliver a community-wide program that responds to the theme through creative expression, cultural connection, and deep community engagement.
The CAOD working group and Shire of Carnarvon recognise and appreciate that Carmen is well-placed to lead this project. Carmen is a current co-facilitator of the Aboriginal Medical Service Men’s We Can Together program, which provides professional education and counselling in men’s behaviour change, and also works as a community counsellor through CFSS, prioritising family and domestic violence support.
Reflecting on her approach, Carmen said:
“My first step will be to connect with local services already planning events for 16 Days of WA. I am mindful of addressing misconceptions about the causes of gendered violence. It’s not always drugs and alcohol that cause violence; but also includes it’s harmful beliefs about gender, relationships, power and control, the witnessing of violence as a child, and the impacts of trauma and colonisation that intersect to support violent and controlling behaviours.
I want this project to nurture emotional expression, mindfulness, and reflection, not only for mental health, but to help build more connected and resilient communities. I’m also interested in how children and young people respond to violence, as their voices are so often lost in these conversations, and perhaps we can explore this through a collaborative artwork.
Finally, I also want to highlight men’s accountability and behaviour change, something I am supporting with the AMS men’s program.”
This project builds on the success of Carnarvon’s 2024 community activations, led by GRAMS with support from the CAOD working group. Carmen will receive project support from Shire of Carnarvon Place & Cultural Development Coordinator Keely Robertson and the broader CAOD working group member organisations.
If your organisation would like to be involved in Carnarvon’s 16 Days in WA campaign, please get in touch:
Carmen: counsellor@cfss.org.au & Keely: robertson.k@carnarvon.wa.gov.au
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