Office of Women's Policy Victorian Government

Website: http://www.women.vic.gov.au

Resources

Victorian Statewide Steering Committee to Reduce Family Violence

http://www.women.vic.gov.au/CA256EAE0012F311/272D1DC784604EC74A2568C50082CE7D/34F3D739B...

The Victorian Statewide Steering Committee to Reduce Family Violence was set up to create a whole-of-government, whole-of-community approach to address domestic violence/family violence. It seeks to improve the response of police, courts and all relevant service providers to domestic violence/family violence.

Reforming the Family Violence System in Victoria: Report of the Statewide Steering Committee to Reduce Family Violence

http://www.women.vic.gov.au/CA256EAE0012F311/272D1DC784604EC74A2568C50082CE7D/3525EB72F...

This report outlines the findings of the Statewide Steering Committee to Reduce Family Violence. The report presents a strategy for the Victorian government to reduce the occurrence and fear of domestic violence/family violence throughout the state.

Changing Lives: A new approach to family violence in Victoria

http://www.women.vic.gov.au/CA256EAE0012F311/Womens%20Policy/Womens%20SafetyChanging%20...

This publication details the government’s $35.1 million investment to improve Victoria’s response to domestic violence/family violence.

Women Centred: Yes

Definition of workplace violence

http://www.women.vic.gov.au/CA256EAE0012F311/Womens%20Policy/Womens%20SafetySteering%20...

What is workplace violence? This webpage from the Statewide Steering Committee to Reduce Violence Against Women in the Workplace provides a working definition of workplace violence, including bullying and sexual harassment. It also discusses the Steering Committee's aim to improve the prevention of and responses to violence against women occurring in a workplace setting, including workplace violence.

Women Centred: Yes

Statewide Steering Committee to Reduce Sexual Assault

http://www.women.vic.gov.au/CA256EAE0012F311/Womens%20Policy/Womens+SafetySteering+Comm...

As part of the Women's Safety Strategy, the Office of Women's Policy has established key steering committees to address violence against women. The Committee to Reduce Sexual Assault aims to improve responses to sexual assault in the areas of prevention, intervention and criminal justice. 

Women's Safety Strategy: A Policy Framework

http://www.women.vic.gov.au/web12/rwpgslib.nsf/Graphic+Files/wssframework/$file/wssfram...

The Victorian Government has implemented a five year strategy to reduce the level, and fear, of violence against women in Victoria.

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Safe at work? Women's experience of violence in the workplace report

http://www.women.vic.gov.au/web12/rwpgslib.nsf/%20Graphic+Files/SafeatWorkPDF/$file/Saf...

This 2005 report into women's experience of violence in the workplace found that 62.1% of Victorian women had experienced workplace violence within the past five years. The report summarises research undertaken by the Office of Women's Policy to look at women's experiences of violence in the workplace in Victoria.

Resource Type: PDF (339 KB)
Women Centred: Yes

Women's Safety Strategy 2002-2007

http://www.women.vic.gov.au/web12/rwpgslib.nsf/Graphic+Files/WSSReport/$file/WSSReport.pdf

The Women's Safety Strategy was launched in October 2002 during Week Without Violence. The five-year Women's Safety Strategy is the first comprehensive strategy on violence against women by any Victorian Government for 17 years. It brings all Ministers and Government Departments together, working within a single policy framework. It was developed by the Office of Women's Policy over two years and is the result of an extensive consultation process.

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