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The Women in Prison Advocacy Network (abbreviated as WIPAN) is an incorporated not-for-profit charity based in Sydney, Australia. WIPAN is a volunteer-based organisation and focuses on advocacy around issues affecting female prisoners, providing support to women exiting prison through its mentoring program, with the aim to reduce rates of female incarceration and recidivism. The organisation's work involves undertaking research and systemic advocacy around the needs of women prisoners and ex-prisoners at an institutional level, whilst also assisting ex-prisoners at an individual level through its mentoring program, the only such non-government service in New South Wales (NSW).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.leadershipforwomen.com.au/recognition/awards/item/2012-sweco-winners )〕 WIPAN was founded in 2008〔 by Kat Armstrong, Carol Berry, Marissa Sandler and Nicki Petrou,〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.leadershipforwomen.com.au/recognition/awards/item/2012-sweco-winners )〕 and is managed by a volunteer Executive Committee with Kat Armstrong as the organisation’s Director.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.aic.gov.au/crime_community/acvpa/2012.html )〕 WIPAN is funded by charity grants〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.vfff.org.au/pdf/WEB-Annual-Report-FINAL-2012.aspx )〕 and short-term grants of the NSW Government, such as the two year funding agreement from the NSW Government, Office of Women used to establish WIPAN’s mentoring service.〔 ==Activities== In consultation with other community groups, as well as partner peak body organisations such as the New South Wales Council of Social Services (NCOSS),〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ncoss.org.au/about/NCOSS2009-10annualreport.pdf )〕 WIPAN undertakes a broad range of research and advocacy activities including the production of resources guides, policy and research papers on issues such as the housing and support needs of women leaving prison〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.wipan.net.au/publications/WIPAN_Dreaming_of_a_Safe_Home_WEB.pdf )〕 and prisoner health.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.afao.org.au/library/hiv-australia/volume-9/Number-1/women-in-nsw-prisons-and-hepatitis-c )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://ro.uow.edu.au/lhapapers/149/ )〕 In addition the organisation makes submissions to government on policy matters affecting female prisoners and their families such as sentencing, Apprehended Violence Orders (AVO) and prison privatisation. In 2011, with funding from the Myer Foundation〔 and working with the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC),〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.piac.asn.au/publication/2010/12/self-help-guide-women-prisoners )〕 WIPAN produced a (self-help guide ) for women prisoners in NSW.〔 The guide was designed to be distributed to female prisoners before release, and assist them to meet their own financial, housing, health and legal needs once in the community.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://wipan.net.au/publications/WIPAN-Self-Help-Guide_2nd-Ed_Sep2011.pdf )〕 In 2012, with funding from the NSW Office for Women,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.wipan.net.au/publications/TLRTF_DV%20Resource_Magazine_WIPAN-OK.pdf )〕 WIPAN produced ''(The Long Road to Freedom: A guide for women to escape the cycle of domestic violence and jail. )'', a guide designed to assist women experiencing domestic violence who are also affected by the criminal justice system. WIPAN also attends and presents at conferences nationally on issues affecting female prisoners; having been at a participant in the 2009 and 2011 Sisters Inside Conferences on Prisons;〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.sistersinside.com.au/media/Conference2011/Conference%20Program%20and%20Map.pdf )〕 and in 2012 at the Complex Needs Conference hosted by the University of Sydney.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://sla.bensoc.org.au/sites/default/files/complex_needs_conference_program__11_december_2012.pdf )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Women In Prison Advocacy Network」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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