Key Information
Location and Dates
Due to the COVID-19 situation the National Summit on Women’s Safety was held online.
Roundtables
Roundtables
To allow for virtual delivery the program was adjusted, and roundtables were held on Thursday 2 and Friday 3 September.
The roundtables were by invitation only and discussed:
- improving outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
- experiences of the LGBTQIA+ community
- perpetrator interventions and working with men
- health and wellbeing responses
- legal responses including coercive control and national consistency
- protecting and supporting children
- technology and abuse - challenges and opportunities
- service delivery in regional and remote areas
- service delivery reform and innovation, and measuring success
- migrant and refugee experiences of family, domestic and sexual violence
- supporting women and children with disability
An opportunity for interested organisations and individuals to provide their input to these discussions was provided through a submission process hosted on DSS Engage between 27 August and 17 September 2021.
Privacy Policy
Please refer to the Department of Social Services Privacy Policy
Participating Organisations
For more information on participating in the Summit, a link to the live-stream will be available on the home page on Monday 6 September. Live closed captioning will be available on the live-stream.
- 1800RESPECT
- A Gender Agenda
- Aboriginal Justice Unit
- Accountability Matters Project
- ACON
- ACT Human Rights Commission
- Anglicare Australia
- ANROWS
- Australian Capital Territory Government
- Australian College of Nursing
- Australian Council Of Social Service
- Australian Council Of Trade Unions
- Australian Football League
- Australian Human Rights Commission
- Australian Institute Of Criminology
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Australian Local Government Association
- Australian Medical Association
- Australian Red Cross
- Australian Services Union
- Basic Rights Queensland
- Bendigo Community Health Services
- Beryl Women Inc.
- Beyond DV
- Black Rainbow
- Brain Injury Association Of Tasmania
- Breakthrough Nation
- Brisbane South Public Health Network
- Brotherhood of St Laurence
- Business Council Of Australia
- Canberra Rape Crisis Centre
- Carers Australia
- Catholic Social Services Australia
- Caxton Legal Centre
- Central Australian Aboriginal Congress
- Central Australian Aboriginal Family Legal Unit Aboriginal Corporation
- Central Australian Women's Legal Service
- Central Queensland University
- Centre Against Domestic Abuse
- Centre For Women's Economic Safety
- Centre for Women's Safety and Wellbeing
- Chief Executive Women
- Commonwealth Bank Of Australia
- Commonwealth Government
- Community Migrant Resource Centre
- Country Women's Association Of NSW
- Dardi Munwurro
- Darwin Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Women's Shelter Indigenous Corporation
- Darwin Indigenous Men's Service
- Dhelk Dja Partnership Forum
- Diversity Council Australia
- Djirra
- Domestic Violence Crisis Service
- Domestic Violence NSW
- Domestic Violence Victoria
- Doris Women's Refuge Incorporated
- DV Assist
- DVConnect
- ECSTRA Foundation
- Eldercare
- Embolden SA
- Endeavour Group Limited
- Engender Equality
- Equal Workplaces Advisory Council
- Equality Australia
- Equality Rights Alliance
- Equity Economics
- eSafety Commissioner
- Ethnic Communities Council NSW
- Everyman Australia
- Fair Agenda
- Family & Relationship Services Australia
- Family Court Of Australia
- Federation of Ethnic Communities' Councils of Australia
- Financial Counselling Australia
- Finnigan Smith Law
- Gender Equity Victoria
- Good Shepherd Australia New Zealand
- Griffith University
- Health Justice Australia
- Housing Choices Australia
- Illawarra Women's Health Centre
- Immigrant Women's Support Service
- Indigenous Business Australia
- Indigenous Consumer Assistance Network
- Injilinji Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporation For Children And Youth Services
- Inside Policy
- Insight Exchange
- InTouch Multicultural Centre Against Family Violence
- Jireh House
- Karadi Aboriginal Corporation
- KPMG
- KWY Aboriginal Corporation
- Law Council of Australia
- Legal Aid NSW
- Legal Services Commission Of SA
- LGBTIQ+ Health Australia
- Lifeline Australia
- Lifeline Darling Downs
- Local Government Association Tasmania
- Macleod Refuge
- Macquarie University
- Micah Projects
- Migrant Resource Centre Tasmania
- Monash University
- Multicultural Australia
- Multicultural Centre For Women's Health
- Mura Kosker Sorority
- Muslim Women Australia
- National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women’s Alliance
- National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation
- National Association for Prevention of Child abuse and Neglect
- National Association Of Services Against Sexual Violence
- National Council of Women Australia
- National Mental Health Commission
- National Rural Women's Coalition
- New South Wales Government
- No To Violence
- North Queensland Women's Legal Service
- Northcott Innovation
- Northern Territory Council of Social Service
- Northern Territory Government
- Nova For Women And Children
- NPY Womens Council
- NSW Education Centre Against Violence
- NT Working Women's Centre
- NT Youth Round Table
- Nunga Mi:Minar Incorporated
- Offender Aid and Rehabiliation Services
- Office of the Commissioner for Children and Young People Tasmania
- Older Women's Network NSW
- Our Watch
- Premier's Women's Council SA
- QLD Indigenous Family Violence Legal Service
- QLD Women's Safety and Justice Taskforce
- Queensland Council Of Unions
- Queensland Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Council
- Queensland Government
- Queensland Indigenous Family Violence Legal Service
- Queensland Sexual Assault Network
- Queensland University of Technology
- Rainbow Health Victoria
- Rape & Domestic Violence Services Australia
- Rape & Sexual Assault Research & Advocacy
- Reachout
- Red Rose Foundation
- Relationships Australia
- Repatriation Commission
- Respect Victoria
- RMIT University
- Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability
- Safe Steps Family Violence Response Centre
- Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care
- Settlement Council Of Australia
- Settlement Services International
- Sexual Assault Referral Centre
- Sexual Assault Resource Centre
- Sexual Assault Services Victoria
- Sexual Assault Support Service
- Sisters In Law Project
- Sisters Inside
- Social Justice Interagency Services
- Social Ventures Australia
- South Australia Government
- South Australian Rainbow Advocacy Alliance
- St Vincent de Paul Society National Council of Australia
- Standbyu Foundation
- Starick
- Stopping Family Violence
- Switchboard Victoria
- Sydwest Multicultural Services
- Tangentyere Council
- Tasmania Government
- Tasmanian Aboriginal Legal Service
- Tasmanian Council Of Social Service
- Teach Us Consent
- The Bangle Foundation
- The Centre For Excellence In Child & Family Welfare
- The Equality Institute
- The Healing Foundation
- The Law Society of NSW
- The Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia
- The Salvation Army
- Toora Women Inc.
- UnitingCare Australia
- Unitingcare Queensland
- University Of Melbourne
- University Of New South Wales
- University of Queensland
- University of South Australia
- University Of Technology Sydney
- University Of Western Australia
- Victim Survivors’ Advisory Council
- Victoria Government
- Victoria Legal Aid
- Victorian Institute Of Forensic Medicine
- Victorian Trades Hall Council
- Western Australia Government
- Western Sydney Women
- Westpac
- White Ribbon Australia
- Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health And Community Services
- WIRE
- Wirringa Baiya Aboriginal Women's Legal Centre
- Women With Disabilities ACT
- Women With Disabilities Australia
- Women with Disabilities SA
- Women's and Children's Health Network SA
- Women's Community Shelters NSW
- Women's Health Matters
- Women's Health Queensland
- Women's Health Tasmania
- Women's Legal Centre ACT
- Women's Legal Service NSW
- Women's Legal Service QLD
- Women's Legal Service SA
- Women's Legal Service Tasmania
- Women's Legal Service Victoria
- Women's Safety Services Of Central Australia
- Women's Safety Services SA
- Women's Services Network
- WorkHaven
- Working Women’s Centre SA
- Worplace Gender Equality Agency
- Youth Action
- YWCA Australia
- YWCA Canberra
- Zip Co
- Zonta House Refuge Association Inc.
Acknowledgment of Country
EP Agency acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their continuing connection to land, waters and community. We pay our respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, and to Elders past, present and emerging.