Submission to the Victorian Inquiry into Women’s Pain

We are pleased to see an acknowledgement in the Inquiry’s Terms of Reference that women generally experience more recurrent pain, more severe pain and longer-lasting pain than men. We are also pleased to see an acknowledgment that this is due, in part, to the gender bias that exists in medical and healthcare systems.

As the peak body for specialist family violence services and organisations in Victoria working across the continuum from prevention to response, our submission is focused on the intersect between family violence and women’s experiences of pain.