Our domains

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Our Plan has 4 areas that will help us stop violence against women and children.

We call them our domains.

A prevention symbol, showing a hand held to say stop.

Our first domain is called prevention.

Prevention is when you stop something before it happens.

To end violence against women and children, we must stop it before it starts.

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Our second domain is called early intervention.

Early intervention is when we work out who:

has experienced violence
might be at risk of violence.

Then we make sure they get early support.

A man with his arm around a boy. They are both smiling, and there is a tick above them.

Early intervention is also about helping men and boys:

learn how to treat women well
ask for help to stop using violence.

A response icon, showing a violence symbol, with an arrow pointing from it, and a question mark above the arrow.

Our third domain is called response.

Our response is what we do after violence happens.

This includes how we support women and children who experience violence.

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It’s also about how we make sure people who use violence are responsible for their behaviour.

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Our fourth domain is called recovery and healing.

Recovery and healing is how things can get better after something bad has happened.

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Women and children must be able to get support for a long time after they experience violence.

It shouldn’t just be for a short time.

How will our domains work?

A thumbs up icon next to icons of the four domains. The prevention icon, the early intervention icon, the response icon, and the recovery and healing icon.

Our 4 domains must work together to make each other stronger.

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Our domains will make our Plan work well over the next 10 years.

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It’s important that we work towards the goals:

in each of our domains
at the same time.

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You can read about our domains and goals in Part 3 of our Plan.

You can find it on our website.