Family Violence and Sexual Assault
Indigenous Family Violence Task Force Report 2003
With the support of the Victorian Government, the Task Force undertook and completed the challenging task of in-depth community consultations at a local, regional and statewide level through the following mechanisms and initiatives:
- Community consultations across the state
- Three day Statewide Indigenous Family Violence Forum
- Focus group workshops targeting specific groups: Elders, children, men, women, young people, same sex couples, etc
- Assisted with the appointment of nine Regional IFV Support Officers and the establishment of nine Regional IFV Actions Groups
- Identifying issues and raising awareness about family violence to Indigenous and mainstream service providers and Government
- Providing funding to enable communities to respond to or address family violence at a local level
- Developing regular responses for Government to consider
- Providing an Interim Report and now
- A Final Report to Government.
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This document was last updated on
15/01/2008