Funding White Ribbon Australia to increase their engagement with Indigenous and culturally and linguistically diverse communities, including new and emerging communities. Our Watch and Victorian Health will work with Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety to develop the national primary prevention framework and to enhance the evidence base, to build gender equality between men and women in families, communities, organisations and society. The work being done to prevent violence against women and their children across the country including by community and sporting groups, business groups, local governments, schools and – other key institutions will continue to be supported by governments. This work responds to local – needs, including initiatives for rural and regional communities, capacity building in primary prevention for service organisations, and community education to prevent harmful cultural practices like female genital mutilation. Legal Framework and Services has been a substantial amount of work undertaken in the family law system over the last five years. This includes significant legislative amendments made to the Commonwealth Family Law (Cth) in 2011, which commenced on 7 June 2012, to strengthen the way the Family Law Act Act 1975 deals with family violence and child abuse. The Family Law Act amendments were evaluated by the Australian Institute of Family Studies, examined changes in professional practice, views and experiences of parents accessing family law system services and court judgements and administrative data. The report, which was released on 12 October 2015, found that the 2012 amendments a step in the right direction in a ‘are reform agenda intended to improve the system’s response to family violence and child abuse concerns in post-separation parenting arrangements’. Protections in relation to sterilisation Australian law contains a number of protections in relation to sterilisation. All states and the ACT have established guardianship tribunals to decide a range of matters for people who have an impaired capacity to make independent decisions. These matters include decisions about a person's lifestyle and other personal matters, such as where they live, what services they receive, and what medical and dental treatment they receive. These tribunals also have jurisdiction to authorise sterilisation of an adult and some tribunals also have jurisdiction to authorise sterilisation of a child.
Funding White Ribbon Australia to increase their engagement with Indigenous and culturally and linguistically diverse communities, including new and emerging communities. Our Watch and Victorian Health will work with Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety to develop the national primary prevention framework and to enhance the evidence base, to build gender equality between men and women in families, communities, organisations and society. The work being done to prevent violence against women and their children across the country – including by community and sporting groups, business groups, local governments, schools and other key institutions – will continue to be supported by governments. This work responds to local needs, including initiatives for rural and regional communities, capacity building in primary prevention for service organisations, and community education to prevent harmful cultural practices like female genital mutilation. Legal Framework and Services has been a substantial amount of work undertaken in the family law system over the last five years. This includes significant legislative amendments made to the Commonwealth Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) in 2011, which commenced on 7 June 2012, to strengthen the way the Family Law Act deals with family violence and child abuse. The Family Law Act amendments were evaluated by the Australian Institute of Family Studies, examined changes in professional practice, views and experiences of parents accessing family law system services and court judgements and administrative data. The report, which was released on 12 October 2015, found that the 2012 amendments ‘are a step in the right direction in a reform agenda intended to improve the system’s response to family violence and child abuse concerns in post-separation parenting arrangements’. Protections in relation to sterilisation Australian law contains a number of protections in relation to sterilisation. All states and the ACT have established guardianship tribunals to decide a range of matters for people who have an impaired capacity to make independent decisions. These matters include decisions about a person's lifestyle and other personal matters, such as where they live, what services they receive, and what medical and dental treatment they receive. These tribunals also have jurisdiction to authorise sterilisation of an adult and some tribunals also have jurisdiction to authorise sterilisation of a child.