What is our Plan about?

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This is Part 1 of our National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022–2032.

We call it our Plan.

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Many women and children experience violence at some point in their lives.

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It will take a lot of work to end violence against women and children.

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We need everyone in Australia to help us stop violence:

before it starts
from getting worse or happening again.

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We also need everyone in Australia to help us support women and children:

who experience violence
to recover and heal after violence.

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Most of the violence we want to end is the violence men use against women and children.

We use the words ‘violence against women’ to talk about this problem.

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But other people also experience this violence.

And they experience this violence in different ways.

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You can find out more about how violence affects different people in Part 2 of our Plan.

You can find it on our website.

www.dss.gov.au/ending-violence

What is violence?

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Violence includes when someone:

hurts you
scares you
controls you.

It can also be called abuse.

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There are different types of violence.

Every person’s experience of violence is different.

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