Family and Domestic Violence

30% of Western Australian women have experienced physical, emotional or economic abuse by a cohabitating partner.

Aboriginal women are 32 times more likely to be hospitalised as a result of domestic violence

I BELIEVE

If we act together we can end violence against women and children
The State Government’s Family and Domestic Violence System Reform Plan can be a gamechanger for WA
Our specialist family and domestic violence services must be fully funded so they can keep saving lives
In stable and long-term safe accommodation for women and children experiencing family and domestic violence
Perpetrators must be in focus and held accountable for their actions

The Centre for Women’s Safety and Wellbeing acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians and first peoples of Australia. We recognise the impacts of colonisation and dispossession and the contemporary disadvantage experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The Centre for Women’s Safety and Wellbeing is committed to working alongside Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and men to end violence against their women and children in Western Australia.

The Centre for Women’s Safety and Wellbeing acknowledges the strength and resilience of adults, children and young people who have experienced family and domestic violence. We pay respects to those who did not survive and acknowledge the families, friends and communities who have lost loved ones to this preventable and widespread issue. We are committed to ensuring responses to family and domestic violence are informed by lived experience.

The Centre for Women’s Safety and Wellbeing recognises, welcomes and respects people of diverse gender, sex and sexuality. We are committed to greater inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer people (LGBTIQ).