Women, Gender Equality and Family Violence
Women and gender diverse people have had enough of violence, inequality, discrimination, and being ignored by the major parties.
Too many continue to face gender pay gaps, barriers to leadership, insecure work, and the ongoing threat of family and gender-based violence.
The Greens believe everyone deserves to live with safety, respect and equal opportunity.
We are committed to tackling the root causes of gender inequality and investing in the services and supports that people rely on.
Explore our plan for Women, Gender Equality and Family Violence
- Proper funding for frontline and prevention family violence services
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We are in a family violence epidemic, with one woman killed every single week due to domestic and family violence in Australia.
Frontline services supporting victim-survivors are stretched to their limits doing critical work with limited resources.
Without proper investment in both frontline support and primary prevention, we risk failing those most in need and undermining long-term efforts to break the cycle of violence.
This includes the expansion of culturally appropriate services. We know that women from culturally diverse communities experience more social isolation, visa abuse and multiple barriers to accessing services.
- Free access to abortion, no matter where you live
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The Greens believe everyone should have free and comprehensive access to abortion and contraception no matter where you live.
- Working from home and a four day work week
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Being able to work from home makes life easier for everyone, but especially women.
The Greens support the right to work from home, and will also work towards a four day work week in the public sector, giving people more time for their families and loved ones while creating thousands of jobs.
- Women in leadership
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The Greens want to see equitable representation of women of colour, disabled women and gender diverse people in the government and public sector, including occupying board positions and other leadership roles.
- Strengthening protections for victims’ life insurance
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No one should be profiting from violence, that's why the Greens want to see all loopholes for financial abuse closed to protect the victim and their families.
Closing these loopholes will ensure perpetrators convicted of family violence offences will not benefit or be able to access their victim's life insurance or superannuation’s funds.
- Stronger regulation of alcohol and gambling
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Reducing family violence requires addressing the very factors that can contribute to it.
The Greens believe we need stronger regulation of alcohol and gambling to reduce harm, improve community safety, and support prevention efforts.
Simple measures, such as mandatory delays on alcohol home deliveries, can make a meaningful difference.
- More public and genuinely affordable housing
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Victorians fleeing family violence are waiting an average of one and a half years to access housing. This isn’t good enough.
We need more public and genuinely affordable housing, so people escaping family violence do not have to choose between safety and homelessness.
The Greens will double public housing. Housing security is a lifeline to so many people fleeing violence.
- Equal pay for equal work
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Equal pay for equal work is long overdue. In a cost of living and housing crisis women and gender diverse people should be able to access equal pay as a principle of fairness and respect.
Women drive the care economy and many other fields and should be rewarded with fair pay.