National Plan
Budget Review 2013-14: Stronger, Smarter, Fairer…?
The budget announcements under personal safety of women and children (National Plan) for 2013-14 include $44 million: $5.2 million over 5 years for the establishment and operation of the Foundation to Prevent Violence against Women and their Children $7.6 million over 3 years to continue and extend DV-Alert training program $28.5 million to June 2017 to [...]
First Progress Report on National Plan
The Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) have announced the online publication of the first Progress Report to the Council of Australian Governments on the National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children 2010-2022. Comments from FaHCSIA: “This report is the first in a series of progress reports to [...]
Victoria’s Action Plan to Address Violence against Women and Children Published
The Victorian Government published its State Action Plan: Action Plan To Address Violence against Women & Children 2012-15: Everyone has a Responsibility to Act in support of the National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children, on 9 October. $90 million over 3 years is committed to its implementation. Its strengths are: Promotion of gender equity [...]
Latest National Plan Update
Information on progress against the National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and their Children 2010-22 and the National Priorities is now available following the first National Plan Implementation Panel (NPIP) in April 2012. The update is provided from the National Plan Secretariat, Safety Taskforce Branch, FaHCSIA and can be accessed here Some of the highlights: [...]
Katherine Community Engagement Event
The AWAVA team are back from the first of our Community Engagement events which was held in Katherine last week. The event was designed to bring together local organisations and people interested in learning more about the National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and their Children and what they can do in their own [...]
AWAVA recieves funding for two new projects
AWAVA is pleased to announce that we have received Australian Government funding for two new projects to assist in the elimination of violence against women. Both projects focus on violence prevention in regional and remote communities. The Bridging the National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and their Children to Community Social Change Action – [...]




