Prevention of Violence Against Women

What is Family Violence?

Violence against women occurring within intimate partner relationships is sometimes referred to as domestic violence or family violence. Violence against women includes physical, sexual, economic, psychological and emotional abuse.

One in three adult women has experienced violence, or threats of violence, in their lives, yet 80% of violent incidents against women are not reported to the police or community services.

Why is it important?

Violence against women has repercussions for the quality of life in a local community. There can be far-reaching financial, social, health and psychological consequences.

The impact of violence can also have indirect costs, including the costs to the community of bringing perpetrators to justice or the costs of medical treatment for injured victims.

Our Programs

The Gippsland Respectful Relationships Education in Schools Program is a whole of school approach aimed at respectful relationships and violence prevention within the school community.  The program engages with Secondary Schools to implement this program.

Supporting Documents

Information underpinning the program can be found in the following documents:

Preventing violence before it occurs—A framework and background paper to guide the primary prevention of violence against women in Victoria (VicHealth)

 

 

 

 

 

A Right to Respect—Victoria’s Plan to Prevent Violence against Women 2010-2020 (A Victorian Government Initiative)

 

 

 

 

Respectful Relationships Education—Violence prevention and respectful relationships education in Victorian secondary schools (Department of Education and Early Childhood Development 2009)