Tracy Howe, CEO of Domestic Violence NSW writes to inform readers of the newly launched “No Excuse” campaign.
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Domestic Violence NSW (DVNSW) has this week launched the “No Excuse” campaign highlighting that there are never any valid excuses for domestic and family violence.
Organised by the state peak body for specialist domestic and family violence sector organisations – the campaign is a multi-pronged reaction to the violent and tragic deaths of five women and children over the Easter weekend.
Australia has had a gutful, enough is enough.
Too many lives are being lost and there is no excuse for violence against women and children, ever.
Domestic and family violence is killing women and children in horrific numbers.
If Australians were dying with this regularity and in these numbers as a result of terrorism, food poisoning, natural disaster or coward punches on the streets, the nation would be united by outrage and grief.
Domestic and family violence is a national outrage.
There are no excuses for these murders.
It is time for governments, non-government groups and communities to acknowledge the horror and to urgently come together to find solutions for this.
Phase one is a social media campaign highlighting the excuses that are made by perpetrators of violence.
The image makes reference to a common excuse: “She said she was leaving me and taking my kids.”
As part of this campaign, we will call on all Australians to sign an open letter petition expressing their outrage at the deaths that occurred over the weekend and calling on our leaders to recognise domestic and family violence as a national emergency, to strongly condemn these acts of violence and to take urgent action.
To sign the petition go to http://chn.ge/1ppIlko
For more information on the campaign follow DVNSW on our Facebook page, @DV_NSW Twitter or go to www.dvnsw.org.au/noexcuse.html