International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

The Hon. AILEEN MacDONALD (10:02:42):

I move:

(1)That this House notes that:

(a)United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women is 22 November 2023;

(b)there will be 16 days of activism against gender-based violence, which commences on 25 November 2023 and ends on International Human Rights Day, 10 December 2023;

(c)the global theme for this year is "UNITE! Invest to prevent violence against women and girls"; and

(d)on 22 November 2023, a dinner will be held in Parliament House to raise funds for elimination of violence against women, which will go towards many regional and metro centres throughout New South Wales.

(2)That this House further notes that:

(a)in New South Wales there are approximately 2,500 reports of domestic violence to the police every month, but this is likely to only represent 40 per cent of actual incidents due to under‑reporting;

(b)so far in 2023, a woman has been murdered every five days;

(c)violence against women has a corrosive impact on the whole of society and it is a national crisis; and

(d)violence against women and children in any form is unacceptable.

(3)That this House notes that every day we read about someone who has suffered or, worse, died as a result of domestic violence, and this has to end.

Motion agreed to.

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