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Feedback on the Draft National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children
Jesuit Social Services strongly believes that addressing family violence requires tackling its root causes by supporting men and boys to live respectful, accountable, and fulfilling lives, and addressing the social conditions that contribute to violence. We recently gave feedback on the federal government’s Draft National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and Children 2022-2032 (the…
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Submission to Victoria's Gender Equality Strategy 2022
Jesuit Social Services recently contributed a submission to Victoria’s Gender Equality Strategy 2022. The Strategy builds on the 2016 Gender Equality Strategy, which provided an important foundation to break the cycle of family violence. Our feedback to the Strategy is based on our experience of working with men and boys for over 40 years, many…
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Submission to consultation on addressing sexual harassment in Victorian workplaces
Jesuit Social Services contributed to the Department of Justice and Community Safety’s consultation on addressing sexual harassment in Victorian workplaces. We welcome the Victorian Government’s efforts to develop reforms to prevent and better respond to sexual harassment in workplaces. Our submission draws on our experience of working with boys and men for over 40 years…
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Submission to Victoria’s Gender Equality Strategy 2022
Jesuit Social Services recently contributed a submission to Victoria’s Gender Equality Strategy 2022. The Strategy builds on the 2016 Gender Equality Strategy, which provided an important foundation to break the cycle of family violence. Our feedback to the Strategy is based on our experience of working with men and boys for over 40 years, many…
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Submission to the National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children Consultation
Jesuit Social Services strongly believes addressing family violence requires tackling its root causes – supporting men and boys to live respectful, accountable, and fulfilling lives, and addressing the entrenched disadvantage that contributes to violence. We were pleased to make a recent submission to the National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children Consultation…
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Submission to the Inquiry into Gender Responsive Budgeting
Jesuit Social Services welcomes the opportunity to comment on the Inquiry into Gender Responsive Budgeting. In our submission, we argue that Gender Responsive Budgeting offers a critical mechanism to help achieve gender justice. To ensure that gender equality commitments are fully realised, we believe that the Victorian budgeting framework should take into account the effect…
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Submission on Northern Territory Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Framework
Jesuit Social Services welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the development of the Northern Territory’s first Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Framework. Sexual violence refers to behaviours of a sexual nature and covers a spectrum of criminal and other behaviours committed against children and adults. This includes sexualised bullying, sexual harassment, problem sexual behaviours, unwanted…
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Submission on Northern Territory Gender Equality Framework 2019-2024
Jesuit Social Services welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the development of the first Northern Territory Gender Equality Framework 2019-2024. The development of this Framework is a significant milestone for the Territory. Despite significant strides towards equality led by women over decades, gender inequality persists in Australia. These inequalities exist within our social and cultural…
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Submission to the Victorian Royal Commission into Family Violence
This submission explore the gaps and opportunities for better responding to perpetrators of family violence. Our diversity of work means we have direct experience of the gaps in responses to family violence. While our services are not family violence specific, the impact of family violence is present across all our programs: our participants have experienced violence,…