Our advocacy

On the 3rd of July, the National Alliance of DFV Specialist Services - representing more than 200 specialist service providers, thousands of frontline workers and others working to end domestic, family and sexual violence across the country - met with Zoe Daniel MP, alongside other MPs and Senators in Canberra to call for an immediate uplift in investment and support for frontline specialist family violence and sexual assault services across the country.

Domestic Violence NSW responds to recent calls for a Royal Commission into domestic and family violence in NSW

Domestic Violence NSW Regional Forum Report (July 2023) Co-hosted with NSW Country Women's Association.

Action to End Gendered Violence, NSW State Election Platform (2023). Seven calls to action to end gendered violence in NSW, supported by over 60 recommendations to reform policy, funding and legislation.

DVNSW members’ experiences of the Escaping Violence Payment Program Report May 2022

Policing of Domestic and Family Violence in NSW. Insights from Specialist Domestic and Family Violence Services Report. April 2022

The Regional Forum was co-hosted by the NSW Country Women’s Association and well attended by members and guests with 65 attendees. Celebrating 100 years this year, the Country Women’s Association prioritise addressing domestic and family violence (DFV) in regional, remote, and rural communities and want to provide a voice for people. Domestic Violence NSW (DVNSW) is the peak body for domestic and family violence services in NSW, representing over 125 specialist organisations.

Issues paper prepared by Domestic Violence NSW (DVNSW) to inform policy decisions by the NSW Government. November 2021

The impact of the 2021 Greater Sydney COVID-19 lockdown on specialist domestic and family violence services, and their clients

DVNSW has endorsed this statement which affirms that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have been the sovereign nations in this country from ‘time immemorial,’ and that this sovereignty has never been ceded.

Each year, DVNSW supports locally-based 16 Days of Activism events and activities across NSW.

Commissioned by the NSW Council of Social Service and other peak bodies, the report analyses job creation potential in the sector. It also suggests social services in NSW risk falling dramatically short of the population’s needs unless a major investment is made.

Commissioned by NCOSS and a coalition of peak bodies, ‘A Wave of Disadvantage Across NSW: the Impact of the COVID-19 Recession’ models the impact that rising unemployment will have on social disadvantage in NSW by June 2021.

The roundtable highlighted a range of systemic issues and service gaps in supporting victim-survivors and responding to perpetrators of DFV in rural, regional and outer metropolitan NSW.

This report highlights how the safety and wellbeing of animals and people experiencing DFV is interconnected. It recommends law, policy and program responses to improve support and remove barriers to their safety.

A Safe State has been jointly developed by the NSW Women’s Alliance. Together, we’ve made 49 recommendations over six priority areas for law and policy change to prevent and end sexual, domestic and family violence.

The Path to Nowhere report examines the issues for women on temporary visas experiencing violence and their children.

The NSW Women’s Alliance launched A Safer State, a blueprint to end sexual assault and domestic and family violence in NSW. As a result, the government created the role of Minister for Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault.