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December 2015
THERE'S A BIGGER STORY BEHIND VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Our Watch,
the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation and Australia’s National
Research Organisation for Women’s Safety recently launched
Change
the story: A shared framework for the primary prevention of violence
against women and their children in Australia.
The Framework draws upon the latest international evidence and
consultations with over 400 stakeholders across Australia to explore what
drives violence against women and what works to prevent it. It
demonstrates that, while violence against women has no single cause, it is
strongly associated with gender inequality in both public life and
personal relationships.
Change the story details the key elements of a strategic,
collaborative and consistent national approach to preventing violence
against women. It aims to:
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provide evidence-based guidance to government, the private
sector, civil society and communities on how to lead, coordinate,
resource and support effective prevention effort across Australia
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inform and supporting the development of policy and
legislation, prevention strategies, programming and advocacy that
targets and seeks to reduce the drivers of violence against women.
Change the story, its supporting
documents and accompanying video can be found on the
Our Watch website.
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New National Women's Health Policy RELEASED
The New National Women's Health Policy was released
by the Federal Government on 29 December 2010 (see Press Release below).
To view the document go to:
http://www.health.gov.au/womenshealthpolicy
THE HON NICOLA ROXON MP
Minister for Health and Ageing
THE HON KATE ELLIS MP
Minister for the Status of Women
MEDIA RELEASE
29 December 2010
NEW DIRECTIONS FOR IMPROVING WOMEN’S HEALTH
Ensuring women have access to the right health care at the
right time is a key objective of the Gillard Government’s National Women’s
Health Policy 2010 released today.
Minister for Health and Ageing Nicola Roxon and Minister
for the Status of Women Kate Ellis said that the National Women’s Health
Policy provides a comprehensive approach to the health needs of women and
acknowledges that health needs vary across the population.
"This policy will prioritise preventing chronic disease
among women and has a clear focus on maintaining and developing health
services and prevention programs that target the greatest challenges to
women’s health over the next two decades," Ms Roxon said.
"It is twenty years since the first national women’s
healthy policy and there have been significant changes in the way women
live their lives."
"Never before have we seen such enormous growth in chronic
disease. Nearly half of all women are overweight and 27 per cent of women
aged over 25 have high blood pressure. Sadly, large gaps in health
outcomes for women from low socioeconomic groups, particularly Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander women still remain," Ms Ellis said.
"This policy is about ensuring women have the information
and support to take control of their immediate and longer term health."
Ms Roxon and Ms Ellis also announced an additional $5.3
million in funding to support the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s
Health that will help continue to build the evidence base on women’s
health.
"Knowing more about the key issues that impact on women’s
health is fundamental to improving health outcomes for all Australian
women", Ms Roxon said.
The additional funding will enable a new younger cohort of
women to be added to the study, providing valuable information on the
changes and challenges to women’s health over time across a broader range
of age groups.
The policy is available at:
www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/national
womens health-1
For more information, contact Ms Roxon’s Office: (02) 6277
7220
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