Victoria: The Place To Be

DPCD

Home > Policies and projects > Women's safety > Women's safety strategy

• Print this page
• Make text size default
• Make text size large

Women's Safety Strategy

The five-year Women's Safety Strategy was the first comprehensive strategy on violence against women by any Victorian Government for 17 years. It brought 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 extensive consultation.

The Strategy consisted of four related parts:

Women's Safety Strategy: A Policy Framework (PDF 362 kb) set the principles and policy directions for addressing violence against women in Victoria over the next five years.
Acting on the Women's Safety Strategy (PDF 205 kb) outlined specific initiatives the government undertook to reduce violence against women.
Women's Safety, Women's Voices (PDF 162 kb) presented personal experiences of violence in women's own words.
Making Women Safer (PDF 419 kb) is a brochure outlining some of the Women's Safety Strategy's initiatives and related services.

Women’s Safety Strategy Progress Report 2005

The Progress Report (PDF 809 kb) details the achievements that the Victorian Government has made since the Women’s Safety Strategy was launched in 2002.

Some of these achievements include:

• $35.1 million has been allocated over four years to reform the family violence system in Victoria;
• Creation of new offences in the Crimes Act 1958 to combat forced prostitution and sexual exploitation;
• $25.5 million has been allocated to implement a range of initiatives to address the increase in women’s imprisonment; and
• The Australian Football League Education Package was developed in partnership with the State-wide Steering Committee to Reduce Sexual Assault to create a football culture that engenders respectful relationships.

Women’s Safety Strategy Evaluation 2002-07

In late 2007 the OWP engaged KPMG to conduct an evaluation of the Women’s Safety Strategy 2002-07. The Women’s Safety Strategy 2002-07 Evaluation Report (PDF 937 kb) or (Word 594 kb):

• assesses the extent to which the Strategy has met its stated objectives and key result areas
• measures the effectiveness of the processes established for implementing the Strategy
• determines the current trends and needs in violence against women
• identifies gaps in the current Strategy.

The report summarises the findings of the evaluation and recommendations and considers the broad range of activities undertaken to implement the Strategy, and their impacts or potential impacts on women’s safety in Victoria.

Top