Sexual Assault Services Victoria (SASVic) warmly welcomes the Victorian Government’s continued investment in supporting people impacted by sexual violence and harm in today’s budget, but cautions more investment will be needed in the future to meet the growing demand for the state’s specialist sexual assault and harmful sexual behaviour services. As the peak body for […]
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Today, the National Association of Services Against Sexual Violence (NASASV) joined the National Alliance of DFV Specialist Services – representing more than 200 specialist service providers, thousands of frontline workers and others working to end domestic, family and sexual violence across the country – to meet with Zoe Daniel MP, alongside other MPs and Senators
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SASvic and our members welcome what could be a life-changing program for survivors of sexual violence after months of concerted advocacy. We are delighted by the Victorian Government’s commitment to introduce Justice Navigators in Victoria as part of its Changing Laws and Culture to Save Women’s Lives funding package. What is a Justice Navigator?Kathleen Maltzahn,
The government has made a commitment to deliver a funding package on women’s safety and freedom. Action on sexual violence is well overdue and this funding package could make a real difference. SASVic are calling on the government to:
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The peak body for specialist sexual assault and harmful sexual behaviour services, SASVic, is disappointed that today’s budget does not deliver the urgent change needed on sexual violence. We asked the government for an initial investment of $9 million to deliver: Ask: A long promised transformationalsexual violence strategy. Budget result: No funding for theoverdue strategy. Ask:
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The peak body for specialist sexual assault services in Victoria, SASVic, is raising the alarm on the unacceptable level of sexual violence in the community and calling on the state government to fund a long overdue sexual violence strategy in next month’s budget 9,537 sexual offences were reported in 2023 – that’s 26 sexual offences a
SASVic welcomes yesterday’s Victorian state government’s budget announcement. Importantly, the government has acted on our concerns about the negative impacts of short-term boost funding in relation to staffing and program certainty. The new funding, while a modest amount, is ongoing. We know that this funding does not adequately address the long waiting times for survivors
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