Time for Action on Same-Sex Domestic Violence

Time for Action On Same-Sex Domestic Violence Li Zhou, Policy Advisor

Background
2007 election promise to establish national council of experts: National Council to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children.
Time for Action: The National Council’s Plan for Australia to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children, 2009-2021 (March 2009)
Four stages of implementation: 2009-2012, 2012-2015, 2015-2018, 2018-2021

Key Outcomes of Time for Action
Communities are safe and free from violence
Relationships are respectful
Services meet the needs of women and their children
Responses are just
Perpetrators stop their violence
Systems work together effectively

Social Inclusion
Recognise diversity in women and their experiences
Principle of equality
Explicitly acknowledges domestic violence in lesbian relationships
Promotes an intersectional approach in understanding and responding to sexual and domestic violence

Gaps in Inclusion
Excludes domestic violence in gay male relationships
Excludes violence on the ground of sexuality or gender identity (hate crimes)
Does not recognise the unique aspects of same-sex domestic violence

Inconsistent Inclusion
Sexuality sporadically included in Time for Action
Recommendations are less likely to explicitly include the dimension of sexuality
Government response so far have not addressed the sexuality aspects of violence and domestic violence

Opportunities to include
General principles
Staged implementation
Proposals for new programs and institutions
COAG to develop National Action Plan
Building evidence base

Time for Action on Same-Sex Domestic Violence

by ACON on Oct 13, 2009

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