women's violence in australia

By arjarj11

  • First Women’s Liberation

    Conference held in Melbourne identified violence against women as a priority area.

  • Establishment of Women’s Electoral Lobby

    agitated for rape law reform in Victoria, and establishment of the Victorian Rape Study Committee.

  • First Women’s Liberation Centre opened in Melbourne.

  • Establishment of Australia’s first women’s refuge

    located in sydney

  • establishment of the first rape crisis centre by women

    against Rape at the Women’s Liberation Centre with medical examinations offered to women from the Melbourne Women’s Health Collective in Collingwood.

  • Establishment of Women’s Liberation Halfway House

    the 1st funded women’s refuge in Victoria.

  • First ‘Reclaim the Night’ march held in Melbourne

  • Establishment of sexual offences squad by Victorian Police

  • UN convention on the elimination of all forms if discrimination against women and adopted by australia

  • victorian equal opportunity act and federal sex discrimination act passed

  • establishment of federal human rights and equal opportunity commision

  • family violence act passed in victoria which expanded options for victims of family violence to seek protection using intervention orders

  • family violence act passed in victoria which expanded options for victims of family violence to seek protection using intervention orders

  • rape act passed making significant changes to victorias rape laws, including clarifying the legal definitions of consent requiring judges to direct juries in relation to what consent means and creating provisions for rape victims

  • establishment of the telephone service against sexual assault to provide statewide after-hours service to victims of sexual assault

  • Victoria police code of practice for the investigation of sexual assault complaints introduced

  • the high court of Australia confirms the legal right of women to refuse sex within marriagean removes the immunity from prosecution from men who rape spouses

  • establishment of "no to violence: Male family violence prevention association" as the Victorian peak body of organisations working with male perpetrators to end their violence towards women

  • First National Community Attitudes Towards Violence Against Women Survey (NCAS) led by the Federal O ffi ce for the Status of Women.

  • The Australian Bureau of Statistics leads the first Women’s Safety Survey indicating that 1 in 5 women are subjected to male violence at some time in their adult lives.

  • Introduction of crime of stalking to the Crimes Act Victoria.

  • United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution designating 25 November as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, or White Ribbon Day.

  • The O ffi ce of the Status of Women launches the Partnerships Against Violence initiative designed to facilitate corporate and government action to respond to violence against women.

  • Victorian government launches Women’s Safety Strategy. World Health Organization launches the World report on violence and health, which identifi es violence against women as a key area for action across the globe.

  • Establishment of White Ribbon Australia as part of UNIFEM (UN Women).

  • Introduction of the Victoria Police Code of Practice for the Investigation of Family Violence.

  • VicHealth and the Department of Human Services launch the

  • rst international study assessing the burden of disease associated with intimate partner violence. Violence is identifi ed as the leading contributor to ill health, death and disease for Victorian women aged 15-44.

  • Release of the Access economics report, indicating that the economic cost associated with violence against women is $8.1 billion in 2003. The Victorian Government allocates over $35 million for the development of an integrated response to family violence.

  • Local governments and Primary Care Partnerships across Victoria develop integrated plans to prevent violence against women. The Australian Football League launches their Respect and Responsibility Policy.

  • Introduction of the Crimes (Sexual Offences) Act amending rape laws. Victorian survey of community attitudes towards violence against women led by VicHealth.

  • Australian Bureau of Statistics leads second Personal Safety Survey revealing that 1 in 3 Australian women have experienced violence from a male partner.

  • Sex worker Tracy Connelly is murdered by a client in St Kilda. Hundreds of community members come together to hold a vigil in her honour.

  • VicHealth releases More than ready, a research report into bystander behaviour towards sexism, and

  • After the assault and murder of two Victorian women, Jill Meagher by a stranger, and Sargun Ragi by her ex-husband, Victorians take to the street indicating their support for measures to prevent violence against women.

  • Our Watch, previously the Foundation to Reduce Violence Against Women and their Children, is established by the Commonwealth and Victorian Governments.

  • Australian Bureau of Statistics leads third Personal Safety Survey revealing that prevalence is stable – 1 in 3 women report experiencing violence from a male partner in their lifetime.

  • Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety (ANROWS) is established, as an initiative of the National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children 2010–2022.

  • Young boy Luke Batty is murdered by his father, who had perpetrated continuing violence against his ex-partner Rosie Batty and was under an Apprehended Violence Order at the time.

  • The Victorian Government announces the terms of reference of the Victorian Royal Commission into Family Violence, which includes a focus on prevention, and commits to implementing all recommendations.