Web resource:	https://www.vic.gov.au/gender-equality-and-womens-leadership
Type:	Report
Title:	Women’s safety strategy 2002-07 : progress report November 2005
Authors:	Office of Women’s Policy, Department for Victorian Communities
Keywords:	Interagency work;Policy;Criminal justice responses;Sexual assault
Year:	2005
Publisher:	Office of Women's Policy, Department for Victorian Communities
Notes:	The Women's Safety Stratey:of 2002 can be found elsewhere in the Research and Resources database. This reports on the achievements of the Victorian Government’s five-year Women’s Safety Strategy which was released in October 2002 as a blueprint for addressing violence against women. Focus has been on 4 key areas: protection and justice; options for women; violence prevention and education; and community action and coordination. The Strategy has increased coordination across Government in: joint policy development; information- and expertise-sharing; joint initiatives; and joint monitoring of performance. Three Steering Committees have driven the Strategy’s implementation. The Statewide Steering Committee to Reduce Family Violence provided advice on an integrated multi-agency response. It has conducted an audit of professional education and training in the family violence sector and identified gaps. A report, Mapping and evaluation of family violence education and training for key occupational groups:, has been developed. The Committee has also reviewed programmes and policies including: the Police Code of Practice; the 2 pilot Family Violence Courts; the review of the Crimes (Family Violence) Act 1987; and the implementation of the Home Detention Program. Strategy on Indigenous Family Violence also provides a framework for an Indigenous community-led approach to preventing and reducing family violence. A new reform to family violence will provide for: immediate access to emergency support through an expanded 24-hour crisis response; a wider range of accommodation and support options for women and children escaping violence; a strengthened justice response through family violence specialist services at 3 Magistrates’ Courts; stronger case management and support services; expanded men’s behaviour change programmes; and a universal assessment tool to ensure a more consistent approach. Achievements of the Statewide Steering Committee to Reduce Sexual Assault and of the Statewide Steering Committee to Reduce Violence Against Women in the Workplace are also presented.
Contents:	Foreword Ministerial Leadership Introduction Why a Women’s Safety Strategy? Partnership for change Partnerships in action A new approach to family violence Partnerships in action Australian Football League education package Partnerships in action The “Safe at Work?” report Government action Next steps Appendix 1 Footnotes
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/19052
Physical description:	28 p.
Appears in Collections:	Reports

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