Immigrant Women's Support Service

The Immigrant Women's Support Service (IWSS) is a community based organisation which works with women and children of non-English speaking background who are or have been in violent domestic situations and/or have experienced rape and/or sexual assault.

IWSS is a crisis and support service which provides culturally appropriate support, information, short-term counselling and referral. The service employs bilingual, bicultural workers qualified in the social work and behavioural sciences field.

IWSS works from within a feminist framework which values cultural diversity and recognises the disadvantages faced by women and children of non-English speaking backgrounds which arise from the structural inequalities existing in society.

IWSS works to assist women of non-English speaking backgrounds and their children to live in safety and security and access services and facilities to make their independent survival possible.

IWSS is funded by the Australian Commonwealth and Queensland State governments.