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To commemorate this year’s 16 Days of Activism campaign, we asked colleagues from across the sector to share what hope looks like to them, and how they maintain hope in their work to end family and gender-based violence.
Safe and Equal welcomes the Final Report of the Inquiry into the rental and housing affordability crisis in Victoria, released last week by the Legislative Council Legal and Social Issues Committee.
In its 2024-25 State Budget Submission, Safe and Equal is calling for the Victorian Government to continue family violence response funding as a priority, alongside increased investment for safe and affordable housing and primary prevention initiatives to stop violence before it starts.
Safe and Equal is calling on the Victorian Government to ensure family violence funding is continued, as one of four critical areas to prioritise in the 2024-25 State Budget.
Safe and Equal’s CEO Tania Farha explores how financial security and safe, accessible housing contribute to a victim survivor’s journey to recovery from family violence. This piece first appeared in Parity Magazine in October 2023
Safe and Equal welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the development of the third and final Rolling Action Plan (RAP) under ‘Ending family violence – Victoria’s 10-year plan for change’.
This International Women’s Day, Safe and Equal welcomes the UN theme to invest in women for their economic empowerment.
As part of the PreventX 2024 conference, Safe and Equal hosted an in-person event for participants to pitch their innovative solutions and visions for the future of prevention in Australia.
In an effort to share knowledge and to continue the conversation from PreventX 2024, this blog contains a series of resources shared by speakers and facilitators during the conference.
Family and gender-based violence is complex – and addressing it requires a robust, thoughtful, and sustained response. While the actions announced by National Cabinet are welcome, they are simply not enough to create the positive change needed to protect victim survivors and prevent further harm.
This year’s Are You Safe At Home? Day 2024 is shining a spotlight on the significant role we can all play in our local communities to recognise and respond to family violence.
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.
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.
Here’s how you can delete your history for each browser:
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Deleting all of your browser history can also alert your abuser.
