The Australian government announced that it will convene a national summit on women's safety in July. The Summit aims to shape a new plan to prevent all kinds of violence, including domestic and sexual, against women and children.
The announcement came after federal, state and territory ministers recently agreed to the terms on the National Women's Safety Summit, reports Xinhua news agency.
"This summit will further elevate the important national discussion we are having about women's safety and ensure that we bring all people along with us as we develop the next national plan," Prime Minister Scott Morrison said in a statement on Wednesday evening.
It comes three years after the last summit, which was attended by about 100 delegates and secured AUSD328 million in funding for the current plan that ends in 2021.
The new summit on July 29 and 30 is expected to be bigger as the government faces calls for greater action to prevent domestic violence.
Anne Ruston, the Minister for Women's Safety, Families and Social Services, said that delegates will have the opportunity to share their personal experiences and make suggestions for prevention and response measures.
"We need to make sure that we move from just reducing violence against women and their children to ending violence against women and their children," she told Nine Entertainment newspapers.
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