On average at least one woman a week is killed by a current or former partner in Australia.
It is estimated that moving to find a new, safe place for yourself and your family can cost up to $20,000 and take more than 140 hours.
The We Won’t Wait campaign was started by women of the Australian Services Union working in women’s services. Through union we started a campaign in 2015 for universal access to a minimum 10 days paid domestic violence leave to be legislated in the National Employment Standards.
A woman’s right to safety cannot be dependent on who her employer is. That’s why paid family and domestic violence leave must be a universal entitlement.
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