The prime minister has called an urgent national cabinet meeting as thousands rallied to end men’s violence against women. Follow the day’s news live
‘We need to find better ways to protect women against epidemic of violence’: Katy Gallagher
Katy Gallagher said while she was at the Canberra rally yesterday she spoke to a number of young men who expressed concern about the way women are treated and “some of the toxic masculinity that they see around as young men”.
I guess a very strong community sentiment of ‘enough is enough’. Everyone’s over it, and we have to work out better ways and more ways to protect women and to make sure that we can end this epidemic of violence against women in this country.
I don’t think there’s any shortage of resources and commitment going into this. When we launched the national plan just over two years ago, there wasn’t a lot of interest in it outside of the sector.
We’ve got this 10-year plan that’s two years in, and all the governments and the commonwealth, state and territory, are all working to implement that plan. But I think we always need to look at whether things are working, whether we need to shift focus or, you know, look at new ways – particularly in the area of prevention – about how we provide support and services.
Continue reading…The prime minister has called an urgent national cabinet meeting as thousands rallied to end men’s violence against women. Follow the day’s news live‘We need to find better ways to protect women against epidemic of violence’: Katy GallagherKaty Gallagher said while she was at the Canberra rally yesterday she spoke to a number of young men who expressed concern about the way women are treated and “some of the toxic masculinity that they see around as young men”.I guess a very strong community sentiment of ‘enough is enough’. Everyone’s over it, and we have to work out better ways and more ways to protect women and to make sure that we can end this epidemic of violence against women in this country.I don’t think there’s any shortage of resources and commitment going into this. When we launched the national plan just over two years ago, there wasn’t a lot of interest in it outside of the sector.We’ve got this 10-year plan that’s two years in, and all the governments and the commonwealth, state and territory, are all working to implement that plan. But I think we always need to look at whether things are working, whether we need to shift focus or, you know, look at new ways – particularly in the area of prevention – about how we provide support and services. Continue reading…