National Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children 2022 - 2032

On 17 October 2022, the Australian, state and territory governments released the National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022–2032 (National Plan).

The National Plan will guide actions towards ending violence against women and children over the next 10 years.

It highlights how all parts of society must work together to achieve the shared vision of ending gender-based violence in one generation.

Read the National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022–2032.

Why we needed the plan

Violence against women and children is a problem of epidemic proportions in Australia:

• 1 in 3 women has experienced physical violence since the age of 15¹.
• 1 in 5 women has experienced sexual violence¹.
• On average, a woman is killed by an intimate partner every 10 days².
• Rates of violence are even higher for certain groups, such as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women³.

All Australian governments are united in their commitment to addressing the unacceptable rates of violence in our communities.

Sources:

[1] Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), 2016 Personal Safety Survey (PSS), ABS, Australian Government, 2017.

[2] B Serpell, T Sullivan and L Doherty, Homicide in Australia 2019–20, Statistical Report no. 39, Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC), 2022, doi:10.52922/sr78511

[3] Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), Family, domestic and sexual violence in Australia, 2018, catalogue number FDV 2, AIHW, Australian Government, 2018, doi:10.25816/5ebcc144fa7e6.