Australian National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women & Children

The Australian Government has released a nation plan that provides the framework for action by the Commonwealth, state and territory governments to reduce violence against women and their children.

The National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and their Children 2010-2022 sets out six national outcomes for all governments to deliver during the next 12 years. The outcomes will be delivered through four three year action plans, the first of which runs from 2010 to 2013.

The central goals of the National Plan are to reduce violence against women and their children and to improve how governments work together, increase support for women and their children, and create innovative and targeted ways to bring about change.

The vision of the National Plan is for ’Australian women and their children live free from violence in safe communities.’

To measure the success of this vision, the governments have set the following target for: 'a significant and sustained reduction in violence against women and their children,' during the next 12 years, from 2010 to 2022.

 To know whether this target is being achieved, the following four high level indicators of change will be used to show progress:

• Reduced prevalence of domestic violence and sexual assault
• Increased proportion of women who feel safe in their communities
• Reduced deaths related to domestic violence and sexual assault
• Reduced proportion of children exposed to their mother’s or carer’s experience of domestic violence.

You can access this document The National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and their Children 2010-2022 online at this link. 

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