General Resolution 0071G

Chapter:
32 - Women
Mover:
Timothy Bavinton
Seconder:
Caitlin Tough
 
 
Source:
​Status of Women Policy Committee
My Private Notes


Preamble
Noting:
A) longstanding demands from the Australian community for all governments to renew efforts to address family/domestic intimate partner & sexual violence 
B) that the overwhelming majority of this violence is committed by men against women, children and other men, and that healthy expressions of masculinity do not require men to behave with violence, disrespect and the controlling and coercive exercise of power over others
C) that rates of FDSV are driven by the interaction of complex factors, but that gender equality, respectful relationships and sexual wellbeing are foundations for preventing violence into the future
D) that the needs of all victims-survivors deserve recognition and appropriate response 
E) that safety and wellbeing are rights enshrined in our laws, 
General Resolution

Family/domestic intimate partner & sexual violence against women

​That ACT Labor commits to the following:
1. Refusing to tolerate and accept preventable harm and deaths caused by men's violence in their intimate relationships & families, in workplaces and community settings, as well as in our broader society
2. When in Government, ACT Labor will invest in the necessary infrastructure and programs to ensure frontline response services responding to violence, prevention programs, justice responses proportionate to the scale, harms and impact of FDIPS violence
3. Advocating to other Australian governments for investments that allow national coordination and response sufficient to the unmet needs for prevention, response and justice responses to men's FDIPS violence against women, children, gender diverse and non-binary folx, and other men in our community. 
4. Working effectively and in consultation with community, community-based agencies, and the evidence base for effective prevention of FDIPSV, response and recovery for victims-survivors, and justice responses that hold people who use violence appropriately accountable 
5. That safety and wellbeing of women and children are prioritised over minimising men's violence or protecting fragile masculinities
6. That the needs of children affected by violence (and children young people who use violence) are seen and responded to in their own right, not as appendages to their parents