Family violence remains widespread across Victoria. It is fuelled by gender inequality and harmful gender stereotypes, in a society where women are still treated as unequal to men on many levels.
The Victorian Government is working towards a future where every person is safe, respected and free from violence.
To guide this important work, the Victorian Government has launched Until every Victorian is safe: Third rolling action plan to end family and sexual violence 2025-2027.
This supports the implementation of the Victorian Government’s 10-year family violence reform plan, Ending Family Violence: Victoria’s Plan for Change.
Until every Victorian is safe explains what the Victorian Government will do to prevent and respond to family and sexual violence over the next three years.
Hear from some prominent voices about their priorities for the next stage of reform: https://youtu.be/6zIO5MQNFmg
Ending family violence involves everyone. We all have a role to play – at home, at work and in our communities.
Until every Victorian is safe includes four focus areas that explain the Victorian Government’s approach:
- Whole of person – understanding that everyone has different needs, making sure that our actions consider people’s unique experiences and needs.
- Whole of family – recognising that families can be both a source of harm and safety, meaning that we need to understand a person’s family context when providing support.
- Whole of community – encouraging people to challenge the attitudes and systems that drive family and sexual violence, including by preventing violence in places where Victorians live, work, study and play.
- Whole of system – refining laws, services, and processes to work together to more effectively prevent and respond to family and sexual violence.
Until every Victorian is safe outlines 106 actions, which all parts of the Victorian Government must work together to achieve over the next three years.
This plan was informed by extensive stakeholder engagement, reflecting a diverse range of perspectives and priorities.
Until every Victorian is safe also aligns with and complements Dhelk Dja: Safe Our Way – Strong Culture, Strong Peoples, Strong Families 2018-2028. This is an Aboriginal-led Victorian Agreement that commits Aboriginal communities, Aboriginal services, and government to work together and be accountable for ensuring that Aboriginal people, families and communities are stronger, safer, thriving and living free from family violence.
For more information about Until every Victorian is safe and what the Victorian Government has committed to, visit www.vic.gov.au/family-violence-reform-rolling-action-plan-2025-2027.