Is $925 million enough to reduce violence against women?

May 5, 2024

Is $925 million enough to reduce violence against women?

Health, children and family

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced $925 million to help victims of violence leave abusive relationships and introduce a ban on deepfake pornography.

The measures are aimed at combating violence against women – but will it make a difference and is it enough?

In the 2022-2023 financial year, almost half of women murdered in Australia were murdered by their former or current intimate partner. This year, one woman will be murdered every four days.

Dr. Jess Ison Researcher at the Reducing Gender-based Violence Research Group (ReGEN) at La Trobe Rural Health School, discusses gender-based violence in Australia and globally, and the effective interventions to prevent and reduce the effects of sexual and gender-based violence. violence.

Help is available at 1800RESPECT or joy.org.au/support

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