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Please Stand Up for Women's Safety
Dear Senators and Prime Minister, On 30 November 2021, Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins released the report sparked by Brittany Higgins’ allegations of sexual assault. The report is damming - it reveals that 1 in 3 people working in Parliament have experienced sexual harassment. Of course, these experiences are not confined to Parliament, women and girls across Australia continue to suffer from gender-based violence. In the next National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and Children, the government can ensure that women and girls can enjoy their human rights, in accordance with Article 3 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). I support the joint call for the government to: 1- Build stronger foundations in our community to prevent violence before it starts. 2- Increase capacity across our communities to recognise and respond to early signs of abuse. 3- Increase and extend investment in specialist support services. 4- Increase and expand the focus on sexual violence. 5- Shift the burden to the person who uses violence. 6- Recognise children and young people as victims in their own right. 7- Expand research to build evidence-based services. 8- Reform the Family Law system. 9- Prioritise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-led initiatives. 10- Tailor initiatives and responses to community needs. 11- Expand victim-survivor choice and control through expanded pathways for support and accountability beyond police and criminal courts. 12- Invest in programmes with long-term funding, to give them enough time to work. I urge you to commit to these as priority areas for action, and as foundational to the next National Plan. Following the National Women's Summit, and hearing the calls from First Nations women for a dedicated National Safety Plan, I also call on the government to commit to a dedicated National Safety Plan led by and for First Nations Women. These women and their communities have the solutions to end violence, and governments must commit to supporting, resourcing, and implementing their solutions.
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