Sustainable sector resourcing
The domestic and family violence sector should have sustainable, non-competitive, long-term resourcing to ensure all victim-survivors receive the support they need.
Our advocacy is grounded in lived experience, frontline expertise and community-led knowledge. Our advocacy focus areas, chosen by our members, reflect the full breadth and complexity of domestic and family violence – ensuring our work is grounded, representative and impactful. They are:
Access to safe housing
Every woman and child experiencing domestic and family violence has the right to safe, affordable housing and access to crisis and long-term housing options that meet their needs, so no one is forced to choose between violence and homelessness.
First Nations families
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and communities have the right to live free from all forms of violence, with access to safe, culturally responsive services that prioritise holistic, community-led approaches and support long-term healing and wellbeing.
A trauma and gendered-violence informed justice system
Every victim-survivor of domestic and family violence deserves a consistent, trauma-informed and gender-violence-informed response from the justice system in NSW.
Children and young people
Every child and young person who experiences domestic and family violence should be recognised as a victim-survivor in their own right, with their unique voices and experiences shaping the policies, systems, and responses designed to protect and support them.
Women and children from migrant and refugee backgrounds
Women from migrant and refugee backgrounds, including those seeking asylum, and their children have the right to live free from domestic, family, and sexual violence. They deserve safe, respectful, and culturally responsive, trauma-informed support, with equitable access to systems that uphold their rights and dignity.