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New national plan to end violence against women and children hailed as ‘world-leading’

This article contains references to domestic violence, domestic violence, and sexual violence.
Ending violence against women and children in a generation is an ambitious .
on monday. Then-Prime Minister Julia Gillard launched the first plan in 2010.

Women’s Safety Minister Amanda Richworth will join State and Territory Ministers, Victim and Survivor Advocates, along with Women’s Minister Katie Gallagher at Monday’s inauguration.

The plan emphasizes the importance of engaging with men and boys and the need to target sexual violence in all settings.
It also aims to build stronger, society-wide intervention options.
Richworth said the plan is a blueprint for achieving ambitious goals.
“Current domestic violence, domestic violence and sexual violence are unacceptable,” she said.

“We want to make these changes now so that the next generation of women and children can live in a society free of violence.”

Statistics show that every 10 days a woman dies at the hands of a former or current partner in Australia.
1 in 3 women have experienced physical violence and 1 in 5 have experienced sexual violence.
Kate Fitz-Gibbon, director of the Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Center, said Australia was in the midst of a national crisis.
“Victim and survivor voices are incorporated into planning … it is imperative that the commitment to assessing the expertise of lived experiences continues,” she said.
“This is leading the world… setting the ambition to create a system-wide response not only for victim-survivors to survive, but to thrive beyond the experience of violence.”
If you or someone you know has been affected by family or domestic violence or sexual assault, call 1800RESPECT on 1800 737 732 or Men’s Referral Service provides advice for men on domestic violence. Contact is 1300 766 491. In case of emergency, please call 000.

New national plan to end violence against women and children hailed as ‘world-leading’

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