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In an incredibly tight budget environment, the Victorian Government is continuing to stay the course on strengthening systemic approaches to addressing family and gender-based violence.
Family violence is a national emergency – and we all have a role to play in ending it. This is the goal of Are You Safe At Home? Day 2024, held on 10 May each year.
Since the release of the Victorian Government’s 2024-25 budget earlier this month, we have been eagerly awaiting further announcements to comprehensively address family and gender-based violence in our state.
Safe and Equal endorsed the Sexual Assault Services Victoria submission and provided this submission focussing on the co-occurrence of sexual violence within a family violence context.
Safe and Equal welcomes the opportunity to provide a submission into the Victorian Legislative Assembly’s Legal and Social Issues Committee Inquiry into Capturing Data on Family Violence Perpetrators in Victoria.
Every person experiencing domestic, family or sexual violence should be able to access the specialist support they need, when they need it – no matter where they live.
Safe and Equal welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs Inquiry into family violence intervention orders.
“The issue of family and gender-based violence continues to gain prominence in this country. This focus is long overdue.” Read the latest blog from Tania Farha.
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.
Domestic, Family, and Sexual Violence Commissioner, Michaela Cronin, yesterday announced the release of her inaugural report on the progress of the National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children.
Every person experiencing domestic, family or sexual violence should be able to access the specialist support they need, when they need it – no matter where they live.
The Review’s recommendations are intended as an accelerant, but this must start from a solid foundation in existing work and expertise.
The Mount Alexander Shire Council’s 16 Days 2023 campaign featured diverse community and staff activities to address gender-based violence.
The Macedon Ranges Shire Council, in partnership with local organisations, delivered a series of initiatives that engaged the community in conversations about gender equality and inclusion, highlighting the importance of collective action in preventing violence.
The City of Monash carried out a diverse series of activities during the 16 Days of Activism 2023, that effectively raised awareness and promoted action on gender equality and resilience across the community and staff.
WHIN’s 16 Days 2023 campaign focused on engaging refugee and migrant communities through a tailored approach to gender-based violence prevention.
We recently gathered at the Melbourne Museum on Wurundjeri Country with specialist family violence services across the state for a sector forum hosted by Safe and Equal and Djirra.
Safe and Equal is pleased to see family and gender-based violence being prioritised at the highest level of government and new commitments of $4.7 billion following National Cabinet today.
For many people, sporting finals are a time of joy and a chance to gather with loved ones. However, it’s also one of the most high-risk times for the perpetration of abuse.
Safe and Equal welcomes the opportunity to make a submission to South Australia’s Royal Commission into Family Violence.
The Silver Threads and Golden Needles project will be running a craft workshop for older women to explore the topic of gendered ageism, and how we can prevent it.
Safe and Equal welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the draft Advice on the National Suicide Prevention Strategy and highlight the relationship between family violence and suicide and identify opportunities to strengthen the draft to more explicitly account for, and address, this relationship.
A surge in demand for homelessness services has left the system overwhelmed, leaving many unable to access critical support.
For all organisations, 16 Days represents an opportunity to strengthen work that is being done, garner support, and highlight to leadership the importance of this work across and within organisations.
Victorian family violence peak body Safe and Equal is calling on state and federal governments to take urgent action following several recent family and gender-based violence deaths.
For this year’s 16 Days campaign, we bring you Hope in Action: a campaign to illustrate how family and gender-based violence prevention and response work is creating hope – for both the sector and the broader community – through meaningful change.
Safe and Equal is calling on the Victorian Government to prioritise funding for three critical focus areas in the 2025—26 Victorian State Budget.
As the year draws to a close, families across the country are getting ready to wind down and celebrate. However, for many people, the holiday season is a time filled with fear.
This week, the Australian Institute of Criminology released their data on intimate partner homicides in 2024, an important addition to the tools we have to help us understand family and gender-based violence in Australia.
Safe and Equal welcomes this opportunity to inform the Victim of Crime Commissioner’s review of the Victims’ Charter Act 2006.
Tomorrow is International Women’s Day. Today, tomorrow, and every day, we stand in solidarity with all women and girls experiencing family and gender-based violence.
Amid a national crisis, limited new and additional funding was announced in last night’s 2025-26 Federal Budget to help victim survivors of family violence, or the sector working to support them.
At this year’s Annual PiP (Partners in Prevention) Pitch Event, nine incredible presenters took to the stage to share ideas and more about what they are doing to prevent family and gender-based violence in Australia.
The current housing crisis has a significant impact on Safe and Equal’s members and victim survivors of family violence across the state, with some specific challenges experienced in regional and rural areas.
While the current cost-of-living crisis impacts most Australians, you may not be aware of how it impacts people experiencing family violence in multiple and overlapping ways – with catastrophic consequences.
Australians are being encouraged to take action against family and gender-based violence on Are You Safe at Home? Day this Saturday 10 May.
New data released by the Victorian Housing Peaks Alliance paints a grim picture of Victoria’s housing crisis, and the need to turbocharge the construction of new public and community housing.
Safe and Equal is pleased today’s Victorian Budget does not include any anticipated cuts to the specialist family violence sector, with the majority of lapsing funding renewed on a short-term basis.
Seniors Rights Victoria (SRV), COTA Victoria, and Safe and Equal have launched a new partnership to build the capacity of The Orange Door and specialist family violence sector across Victoria in recognising and responding to elder abuse.
Safety Measures is innovative new research initiative that will drive systemic change and better support victim survivors of family violence across the country.
A summary of what we learned from practitioners across Victoria and a handful of interstate about who our Partners in Prevention members are, how they’ve engaged with us and what they need from Safe and Equal next.
A new report has found years of underinvestment in social housing and a lack of resources in Victoria are fuelling a crisis in emergency accommodation for women and children leaving violence.
In 2025, Safe and Equal’s 16 Days of Activism campaign will focus on the theme Changemakers; celebrating the achievements and contributions of both individuals and organisations working to end gender-based violence. By showcasing advocacy and prevention work in action, we want to demonstrate the collective power and momentum of the sector.
Domestic, Family, and Sexual Violence Commissioner Micaela Cronin today released her second report on the progress of the National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children.
To achieve a world where everyone is safe, respected and thriving, living free from family and gender-based violence, the Victorian Government must invest in ongoing, long-term funding for primary prevention initiatives, early intervention, specialist family violence response services and programs that support recovery in the 2026-2027 Victorian State Budget.
Urgent action is needed to build upon existing government commitments and strengthen responses to family and gender-based violence in Victoria.
High demand and inadequate funding for specialist family violence services are resulting in workforce shortages and notable wait times for victim survivors seeking support, according to a new report released today by Safe and Equal.
Safe and Equal welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the Legislative Council Legal and Social Issues Committee Inquiry into Public School Funding and the impact of the Allan Labor Government’s decision to delay raising Victoria’s public-school funding to 75 per cent of the Schooling Resource Standard until 2031.
To achieve a world where everyone is safe, respected and thriving, living free from family and gender-based violence, the Victorian Government must invest in ongoing, long-term funding for primary prevention initiatives, early intervention, specialist family violence response services and programs that support recovery in the 2026-2027 Victorian State Budget.
In 2025, Safe and Equal consulted extensively with member services, survivor advocates and reviewed contemporary literature and data to update our 2021 paper Responding to Coercive Control in Victoria – Broadening the conversation beyond criminalisation.
We provide information, training, capability building and advocacy for organisations and professionals working to end family violence.
You can find general information about family violence on the Are you safe at home? website.
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We provide information, training, capability building and advocacy for organisations and professionals working in family violence.
You can also find general information about family violence on the Are you safe at home? website.
This website has a ‘quick exit’ button at the top of every page. If you’re worried that someone will see that you’re on this website, click the button and it will open the Google search page. This doesn’t remove the site from your browser history. Someone can still check to see the sites you’ve visited.
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