An election commitment that could save lives

Intimate partner violence is the leading cause of ill-health and premature death for Victorian women under 45.[1] In the lead up to the Victorian election, domestic violence experts have identified a set of actions they believe can help save the lives of those affected by domestic violence.

They're asking candidates across Victoria to back a set of critical actions designed to: keep women and children safe and housed, make the justice system safe and supportive, hold violent perpetrators to account, break down the service silos that endanger women and children and prevent violence against women and children.

Right now, these frontline workers are meeting with candidates across Victoria to ask for their support. Will you show your local candidate that voters want them to support these priorities? Sign your support now.

Want to see how family violence experts have rated the policies of the parties going into the election? Check out the scorecard here - http://www.fairagenda.org/family_violence_scorecard

*For 24 hour help, call 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732). Or find state and territory helplines here. 

More information

The members of the No More Deaths Alliance are: Domestic Violence Victoria, the Federation of Community Legal Centres, No To Violence, Women’s Legal Services Victoria, Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria, Women’s Domestic Violence Crisis Service and Women with Disabilities Victoria. Together they represent most statewide and local organisations working with women and children, community legal services and men’s behaviour change programs across Victoria. 

You can access the No More Deaths' key asks here, and access fact sheets on individual asks below:

- Keep women and children safe and housed
- Make the justice system safe and supportive
- Hold violent perpetrators to account
- Break down the service silos that endanger women and children
- Prevent violence against women and children

Want to do more? Click here to find out how you can stand up for the work of specialist organisations.

- References-

[1] The health costs of violence: measuring the burden of disease caused by intimate partner violence, Vic Health, June 2004.

Authorised by Renee Carr, Level 1, 160 Clarence St, Sydney NSW 2000

Help us get to 2,500 supporters

2,461 SIGNATURES

To all Victorian election candidates,

I stand with family violence workers across Victoria in calling for you to commit to the No More Deaths Alliance's priority actions, which are designed to: keep women and children safe and housed; make the justice system safe and supportive; hold violent perpetrators to account; break down the service silos that endanger women and children; and prevent men's violence against women and children. 

Signed,

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Latest activity

Elizabeth , 3072  /  signed 2014-11-10 11:22:37 +1100
Sandra , 3012  /  signed 2014-11-10 11:17:14 +1100
"Please protect the vulnerable in the community. It is a shame that people are not well protected and at times don’t feel safe to voice their fears. Protect women and children-they need our support. "
ruth , 3029  /  signed 2014-11-10 10:58:40 +1100
"if i didnt get out who knows what would of happened.im so sad when i see violence againgst women and children"
Marie , 6160  /  signed 2014-11-09 19:04:25 +1100
"I am a woman!!"
Patricia , 3438  /  signed 2014-11-09 08:33:43 +1100
Sally , 2602  /  signed 2014-11-09 08:11:29 +1100
"Time to protect women! Violence against women is way too common and continues to be largely unaddressed. Services to assist women who have been abused are woefully inadequate."
Helen , 2049  /  signed 2014-11-09 07:20:06 +1100
Emma , 2786  /  signed 2014-11-09 00:29:57 +1100
Sandra , 5091  /  signed 2014-11-08 16:32:43 +1100
Judith , 3380  /  signed 2014-11-08 12:49:46 +1100
"Violence is never acceptable BUT. why is there so much mire attention on the ’coward’s punch’ when, unfortunately, it can be ‘the luck of the draw’ when young prople are drinking and taking drugs. WITH DV, this is a direct attack on the woman who, sometimes is still blamed for the situation (s) leading top the violence. As a Mental Health Social Worker I work with many women who are also really damaged by psychological and verbal abuse. THIS is all a form of VIOLENCE."
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