Australian advocacy groups push for government investment to stop sexual violence
by Katharine Murphy Political editor from World news | The Guardian on (#5MPN0)
A safety summit to be hosted by Scott Morrison was delayed due to Covid but calls are intensifying for immediate action to protect women
A coalition of advocacy groups has intensified calls for Australian governments to increase investment in preventing sexual violence and supporting victims, and adopt a greater focus on intervention for perpetrators.
The prime minister was supposed to host a women's safety summit that would have opened on Thursday, but the event has been postponed because of the coronavirus outbreak that forced 14 million people into lockdown.
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