Collaborate on developing prevention strategies

The department has enhanced collaboration across key stakeholders in the development of primary prevention strategies. Initial efforts have focused on aligning planning, investment and initiatives to reduce duplication and maximise impact.

Progress to date includes:

• Mapping nationally all primary prevention work currently underway across jurisdictions to identify alignment opportunities and gaps.
• National initiatives that educate and engage communities, build respectful relationships, work to shift social norms and strengthen systems to prevent gender-based violence. Please see the following activities for more information Stop it at the Start, National consent campaign, Our Watch and Teach us Consent.
• Advancing targeted activities supporting LGBTIQA+ communities, people with disability, and culturally diverse, refugee and migrant populations. Please see the following activities for more information; LGBTIQA+ National Sexual Violence Prevention Survey, Improve access to services for women and girls with disability, Improve awareness, knowledge, and responses addressing abuse of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse women and children and Safer Girls Safer Women Project.