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Submission on the draft National Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children 2022-2032

Published 25 February 2022

This submission welcomes the important inclusion of recovery from violence in the draft National Plan 2022-2032, and notes progress in relation to prevention over the previous decade. However, overall changes during this time in relation to the gendered drivers of violence against women and children have been minimal, and persistent or increasing prevalence rates are of significant concern.

Given the enormous social, economic, community and individual costs of violence against women and children in Australia, a robust, comprehensive, evidence-based and well-resourced National Plan is urgently required. Our submission sets out 11 key recommendations to strengthen critical areas of weakness across the draft Plan, as follows:

Recommendations 1-3 focus on the National Plan as a whole and call for:

Recommendations 4-8 relate to the Pillars and argue that:

Recommendations 9-11 concern measuring success, targets and the outcomes framework:

in addition, the revised National Plan requires endorsement by all key stakeholder groups, a governance structure enabling oversight and direct input to government for all parts of the sector, and detailed action plans with the necessary investment to effect and embed real and sustainable change.

More information about the consultation for the draft National Plan can be found here.

Citation:

Women's Health Victoria (2022) Submission on the draft National Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children 2022-2032. Women's Health Victoria. Melbourne.

Australia Consultations Gender-based Violence
Submission on the draft National Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children 2022-2032

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Women’s Health Victoria acknowledges and pays our respects to the Traditional Owners of the land that our offices are situated on, the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation.

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Women’s Health Victoria’s focus is women (cis and trans inclusive) and gender-diverse people. We address feminist health issues and are committed to supporting all people impacted by gender inequity who can benefit from our work. As a proud intersectional feminist organisation, Women’s Health Victoria is working towards meaningful inclusivity, guided by and supporting people who identify as women, trans, intersex and gender diverse.

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