Submission in response to ALRC Justice Responses to Sexual Violence Issues Paper​

Our Watch prepared this submission in response to Justice Responses to Sexual Violence: Issues Paper (2024).

Submission in response to ALRC Justice Responses to Sexual Violence Issues Paper​

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In this submission, Our Watch:

• Highlights the areas in which there are opportunities for primary prevention of violence against women work to be embedded in the legal and justice sectors and practices.
• Recommends State and Territory Governments strengthen consent laws through the implementation of an affirmative consent model.
• Draws on the gendered drivers of violence against women to encourage the ALRC to make recommendations that strengthen policies and practices across the justice system to address the drivers.
• Draws on evidence in Change the story, Changing the landscape and Changing the picture to encourage the ALRC to adopt a comprehensive and intersectional approach to preventing violence against all women in including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, women with disability, and LGBTIQA+ people.

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