What we are seeking
We seek government investment to fund a 4-year position for Violence Free Offer to coordinate early intervention for family violence support services and a 4-year position to deliver on our Gender Equity Action Plan and Gender Impact Assessments.
What it will deliver
We can prevent violence from happening by understanding gender inequality and the underlying causes of violence. This will save lives and alleviate the impacts on victim-survivors, families, friends and communities.
What you can do
To help us deliver this priority, you can write to our Lower House Member of Parliament for this electorate or any of our Upper House Members of Parliament for their commitment to deliver funding for this project.
Overview
We have a responsibility to our community prevent family violence and all forms of violence against women before it happens.
We are uniquely positioned to do this through our deep-rooted community connections. We have been undertaking primary prevention work for a long time to influence community attitudes and behaviours.
We are committed to gender equity and reducing family violence and have endorsed Gender Equality Action Plan, with significant work to progress our Gender Impact Assessment. These are the key to breaking the cycle of structural and systemic discrimination and gender inequality that drives violence against women and children.
This work will also support diversity and inclusion for communities and requires adequate funding to progress.