Assessment 3: Policy analysis PowerPoint

Name
Institution
Date

The National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children 2010–2022
It outlines the steps taken by governments to lessen violence against women and the children they
bear.
To decrease domestic, sexual, and familial violence.
Acknowledges that the issue of violence against women and their children is complicated and calls for
a long-term strategy of action.
NOTES
What the governments are doing to lessen violence against women and children is outlined in the
National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and Their Children 2010–2022 (TNP-FrAP,
2013).
Its goal is for Australian women and their children to live in communities that are free from violence.

The three dominant heuristics

For the communications to be successful, it will be necessary to recognize three main heuristics:
Victim blaming
Minimisation
Empathy with male
Notes
Victim blaming: There are consistently significant levels of automatic victim blaming when a
hypothetical scenario of disrespectful behavior is provided.
Many young men externalize the behavior as a result by blaming others, whereas many young women
internalize the event as a result of blaming themselves (TNP-FrAP, 2013).

Minimization: Adults often view many activities that denote unfairness, rudeness, and violent
behavior as social misdemeanors rather than actions that need to be remedied and modified.

Empathy for men:

The urge to avoid condemning men is strong, and there is a feeling that engaging in these behaviors is
a milestone that should be acknowledged rather than addressed.
There isn't much sympathy for the experiences of women.
The action plans
Duration - 12-year National Plan
The First Action Plan 2010-2013:
The Second Action Plan 2013-2016:
Third Action Plan 2016–2019
Fourth Action Plan 2019–2022
Notes
In order to ensure that each year fewer women suffer violence and that more women and their
children live in safety, the 12-year National Plan strives to connect the significant work being done by
all Australian governments, community organizations, and people (TNP-FrAP, 2013).
According to the National Plan, violence against women and their children is a complicated issue that
calls for a long-term strategy of action.
The Fourth Action Plan, the last in the series of National Plans, lays forth an ambitious but doable goal
to bring about change and end the abhorrent acts of violence against women and their children.
The First Action Plan
Building a Strong Foundation was released by all Australian governments in the first few months of
2011(TNP-FrAP, 2013.
This National Implementation Plan was for the first three years
Notes
It built a solid base for long-term change.
In order to engage the community in eliminating violence against women and their children, this
includes creating infrastructure at the national level to shape future policy and service delivery.
This National Implementation Plan for the first three years lays out how all Australian governments
will collaborate with the community to build the foundation for the future and establishes the
framework for the National Plan's duration.
The Second Action Plan
Moving Ahead was then made public in 2014 by:
coordinating community-wide efforts to avert violence

recognizing the various forms of violence

supporting integrated systems and innovative services

enhancing interventions with offenders

Increasing the amount of evidence

Notes
26 useful initiatives that address five national priorities are included in the Second Action Plan (TNP-
SAP, 2016).
All countries agree that these collaborative efforts are essential to making progress in decreasing
violence against women and their children (TNP-SAP, 2016).
Third Action Plan
To collaborate in changing Australia's perceptions of and tolerance for violence against women and
their children. It entails;
Early detection and prevention

Children of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women

greater choice and assistance

sexual assault

assisting children who experience violence

Keeping offenders answerable in all systems

Notes
The Third Action Plan is a component of a long-term commitment by governments to collaborate in
an effort to alter Australian attitudes about and tolerance for violence against women and their
children (TNP-TAP, 2019) .
What all governments, communities, corporations, and people can do to lessen violence against
women and their children is outlined in the Third Action Plan.
It outlines 36 specific steps to be implemented over the following three years in six national priority
areas (TNP-TAP, 2019) .
Fourth Action Plan
To achieve change and eradicate the unacceptable acts of violence

Notes
The Fourth Action Plan, the last in the series of National Plans, lays forth an ambitious but doable goal
to bring about change and end the abhorrent acts of violence against women and their children (TNP-
FAP, 2022).

The successes of this policy

Following are the successes determined for the National Plan:
Success 1: Communities are secure and violence-free
Success 2: Respectful relationships
Success 2: Indigenous communities are reinforced
Success 4:Services are provided to women and children who are victims of violence
Success 5: Justice interventions are successful
Success 6: Violence was partially stopped by offenders, and they are held accountable.
NOTES
The National Plan marked the first time that the Commonwealth Government and all the States and
Territories in Australia collaborated on efforts to prevent and lessen the prevalence of violence
against women (TNP-FAP, 2022).
Primary prevention was given a lot of attention, along with efforts to enhance the service system,
create a stronger body of evidence, and hold offenders accountable.
In recognition of the fact that community-wide activity is necessary to achieve the National Plan's
objectives, the National Plan also aimed to improve ties between the public and private sectors.

The failures of this policy

The achievement does not reflect the cost of $3 billion
The $3 billion domestic violence initiative partly failed

NOTES
A nonpartisan parliamentary investigation found that the more than $3 billion spent on a coordinated
national approach over the past ten years has not succeeded in reducing family, domestic, or sexual
violence (TNP-FAP, 2022).
The national plan's goal of significantly and sustainably reducing violence against women and their
children has obviously not been met.

Conclusion
The National Plan elevates the response to violence against women and their children to a national
scale by:
• facilitating better understanding;
• directing efforts and solutions to solve complex problems;
• providing better opportunities to share knowledge and experience; and
• increasing consistency to create equality for all Australian women and their children.
Notes
By fostering greater understanding, focusing efforts to address complex issues, expanding
opportunities for knowledge and experience sharing, and enhancing consistency to ensure equality
for all Australian women and their children, the National Plan elevates our response to violence
against women and their children to a national level (TNP-FAP, 2022).

References

TNP-FAP. (2022). Fourth action plan. National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women

and their Children.

https://plan4womenssafety.dss.gov.au/the-national-plan/fourth-action-plan/

TNP-FrAP. (2013). First action plan. National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women

and their Children.

https://plan4womenssafety.dss.gov.au/the-national-plan/first-action-plan-2010-

2013/
TNP-SAP. (2016). Second action plan. National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women

and their Children.

https://plan4womenssafety.dss.gov.au/the-national-plan/second-action-plan/

TNP-TAP. (2019). Third action plan. National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women

and their Children.

https://plan4womenssafety.dss.gov.au/the-national-plan/third-action-plan/