Angela lynch

Angela Lynch is a lawyer and a sexual, domestic, and family violence prevention advocate.  She is the Secretariat for the Queensland Sexual Assault Network, which is a peak body for specialist sexual violence services in Queensland and engaged by Full Stop Australia as its Advocacy Manager (legal and policy).  Previously, Angela worked for 27 years at the Women’s Legal Service QLD, 5 years as CEO.  Throughout her time in the sector, she has been involved in advocacy for significant law reform at a State and Federal level and in the development of policy and community education initiatives.  She was an inaugural member of the Queensland Domestic and Family Violence Death Review Board, is a current member of the Queensland Sexual Violence Prevention Roundtable, is a board member of the National Association of Services Against Sexual Violence (the national peak for sexual violence prevention services) and is a Queensland member of the National Women’s Safety Alliance DFSV Working Group.  In 2019, Angela was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia in the Australia Day Honour’s list for her services to victims of domestic and family violence and in November 2022 she was the recipient of the Dame Quentin Bryce Domestic Violence Prevention Advocate Award by the Queensland Law Society.