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seeking to leave violence, (iii) improve service delivery for women with a disability who may have experienced, or are at risk of, violence and (iv) undertake effective risk assessment across the health sector.
(3) What specific steps has the Government taken to contribute to the completion of the Strengthening Justice Responses action from the First Action Plan 2010–2013 and when was each step completed to (a) through the pooling of knowledge, governments will improve the library of perpetrator interventions, identify gaps and create best practice, (b) set and monitor national minimum standards for domestic violence perpetrator programs and ensure programs for sex offenders continue to adhere to evidence-based best practice, (c) improve cross-jurisdictional mechanisms for the protection of women and children through reforming how family and domestic violence orders are recognised and enforced across borders and (d) improve the levels of understanding about the dynamics of family violence and the handling of family violence cases through the development of a multidisciplinary training package which targets professionals working in the family law system.
Ms Berry: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
The ACT Government contributed to actions under the National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children 2010–2022 (the National Plan), First Action Plan 2010 2013.
The Government’s approach has moved on considerably since the First Action Plan. The Government’s previous and current approaches to building primary prevention capacity; enhancing service delivery; and strengthening justice responses, which includes the work ongoing as a part of the Safer Families package are outlined below.
Given the volume of information the responses have been grouped thematically, under historical and current initiatives.
1. Building Primary Prevention Capacity
Historical 2010-13
The ACT Prevention of Violence against Women and Children Strategy 2010–17, Our Responsibility: Ending Violence against Women and Children (Our Responsibility), was launched on 22 August 2011. Our Responsibility is a joint initiative of the Community Services Directorate and the Justice and Community Safety Directorate and was the first of its kind in the Australian Capital Territory. Our Responsibility provides overarching principles to guide violence prevention activities across government and support the ability of key service providers (government and non-government) to provide flexible and targeted responses to women and children experiencing violence, including support to enable men using violence to change their behaviour.
The ACT Government provided funding to support the initial rollout of the White Ribbon Breaking the Silence program to ACT schools. The program works to inspire principals to strengthen the culture of respect in their schools, in ways that are age-appropriate for their students, and to engage all parts of the school community. This work continues to be implemented by the Education Directorate.
The inaugural ACT Partners in Prevention function was held in November 2012. This brought together leaders from key corporate and industry areas to work together and identify ways to
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