A safe state : acting to end sexual, domestic and family violence

Abstract

"The NSW Women's Alliance, a group of NSW peak organisations and state-wide service providers working within the sexual and domestic and family violence field and from a feminist framework, including Women's Legal Service NSW, have together developed forty-nine recommendations for policy and law change to prevent and end sexual, domestic and family violence in NSW, called A Safe State.<br/ ><br/ >In the lead up to the 2019 NSW Election they are calling on all members of parliament and members of the community to take a stand against sexual and domestic and family violence which is disproportionately perpetrated by men against women and children and to support the A Safe State recommendations.<br/ ><br/ >A Safer State makes recommendations in six key areas:<br/ ><br/ >Create cultural change to prevent violence and promote gender equality<br/ >Provide immediate and ongoing support for people experiencing violence<br/ >Ensure people experiencing violence have a safe home<br/ >Ensure people experiencing violence can access justice safely<br/ >Enable Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples to lead change to end violence<br/ >Be accountable to specialist workers and the wider community"