The Department of Communities is working with Aboriginal people and communities on a strategy to address family violence impacting Aboriginal families and communities.
Aboriginal women and children experience family violence at disproportionately high rates with devastating impacts on their own health and wellbeing, and on the health and wellbeing of community.
The contributing factors to family violence in Aboriginal communities include colonisation, dispossession, intergenerational trauma and racism.
We need to develop an approach that recognises these differences and considers the specific drivers of family violence in Aboriginal communities.
To guide deliberate work and coordinated effort from government and community over the next decade, we are developing a dedicated Aboriginal Family Safety Strategy.
Focus Area 1 of Path to Safety: Western Australia’s strategy to reduce family and domestic violence 2020-2030, includes a Priority Action to work with Aboriginal people and communities to co-design and implement an Aboriginal Family Safety Strategy.
The Strategy is also one of the four key actions in the Closing the Gap Jurisdictional Implementation Plan for Western Australia to address Outcome 13 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and households are safe.
Comprehensive consultation with a range of Aboriginal stakeholders and Aboriginal community members has occurred to inform the content of the draft strategy.
Feedback on the draft Strategy is now open until 5pm AWST on 14 April 2022.
To have your say on the Strategy, complete the survey.
If you have questions or would like to speak to someone about the project, please email aboriginalfamilysafetystrategy@communities.wa.gov.au.
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