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

Anna , 5022  /  signed 2014-10-21 17:34:04 +1100
"I am concerned at the way women are being treated at home (in Victoria but anywhere) and am happy to support this campaign."
Annemarie , 2604  /  signed 2014-10-21 17:31:18 +1100
Kelly , 4005  /  signed 2014-10-21 17:30:36 +1100
patricia , 2022  /  signed 2014-10-21 17:30:20 +1100
rick , 2484  /  signed 2014-10-21 17:30:18 +1100
Jenny , 2602  /  signed 2014-10-21 17:30:15 +1100
"For too long women and girls have endured violence from men. It is time to demand the right to live our lives in safety."
Kristen , 2217  /  signed 2014-10-21 17:30:05 +1100
"Everyone has the right to feel safe in their own home. Misogyny has no place in this country, which is the root of this issue."
Hero , 3011  /  signed 2014-10-21 17:30:02 +1100
"If any other group in our community was subject to the same level of violence as women are at the hands of their partners, it would be a public outrage. In Australia, a woman is killed in Australia almost every week by a partner or ex-partner (AIC, 2007/2008), and research shows that between 2004 and 2012, there has been an increase of 72.8% in reports of family violence incidents to Victoria Police (Sentencing Advisory Council 2013). Yet, domestic violence is ignored and minimised constantly by the media and by politicians. The level of violence against women and children in Australia should be regarded as a national shame and a national crisis. It is time that our government takes action to build a safer and healthier society."
Ron , 4500  /  signed 2014-10-21 17:29:33 +1100
Josephine , 3163  /  signed 2014-10-21 17:29:13 +1100
"We see on the new everynight about the violence in the other countries and we go to war against it but its happening at home and the government just ignores our women and children and even closes down the refuge centres!!!!!"
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