Australian Government Reveals Action Plans to Address Violence Against Women

A mother and her child pose in a room in a temporary apartment of the Home association in Paris, France, on Nov. 22, 2016. Geoffroy Van der Hasselt/AFP via Getty Images

The Australian government has released two national plans that provide a roadmap to tackle violence against women and children in the country.

On Aug. 16, the federal government announced details of the First Action Plan and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Action Plan, which were part of a national agreement to end violence against women and children signed by states and territories in 2022.