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The big issues

Queenslanders are increasingly outraged by violence against women and domestic homicide. There are human rights, health and wellbeing, and economic imperatives to respond to violence against women and girls and to ensure that they feel safe in their homes and communities.

The big safety issues for Queensland women are:

• whole-of-community approach to prevention, including awareness of how gender inequality contributes to violence against women
• understanding the incidence and best responses to:
  • sexual violence
  • stalking
  • elder abuse
  • female genital mutilation
  • forced and servile marriage
  • trafficking
  • online harassment and abuse
• high rates of violence against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women
• engagement of men and boys in actions to prevent violence against women and girls.

We need to learn more about all forms of violence experienced by women, so we can determine how the Queensland Government, the private sector and the community can prevent it. We will work together to:

• support women and girls in a way that meets their particular needs
• ensure client-centred services and sensitive justice responses are available, particularly for the most vulnerable groups of women and girls
• hold male perpetrators accountable.

Snapshot of what government is doing

• Implementing the 10-year Queensland Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Strategy and the recommendations of the Not Now, Not Ever report, including specific actions to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and culturally and linguistically diverse women, to review the impact on women with disability, and the prevalence and characteristics of elder abuse.
• Implementing the Violence Against Women Prevention Plan 2016-22 (PDF) which outlines the actions we will take to create a community where women and girls can live without the fear, threat or experience of violence.
• Continuing to implement legislative changes to strengthen protections for victims of domestic and family violence, hold perpetrators accountable and support broader systemic reforms.
• Delivering Queensland Government commitments under the Council of Australian Governments’ National plan to reduce violence against women and their children 2010–2022.
• Delivering the Respectful Relationships curriculum developed for Years Prep to 12 students.
• Working to tackle elder abuse and support victims and their family and friends.
• Encouraging the adoption of the Domestic and Family Violence Workplace Support Package by local government, business and non-government organisations.
• Providing specialist, women-only, services to support victims.

Actions and initiatives

The Queensland Women's Strategy proposed a range of actions that would progress gender equality in Queensland.

Commitments made by the Queensland Government, community and private sector partners to deliver on these proposals are listed below each proposed action.