We won’t stop violence against women with conversations about respect. This is not working. We need to get real
Ending violence against women requires more than conversations about respect. Jess Hill argues that current prevention strategies, focused on long-term social change, fail to address the immediate needs of victims. She highlights how perpetrators weaponise systems like child support and family courts to control their victims, calling for stronger accountability and consequences. Hill stresses the need for short-term, results-based prevention strategies that include support for child survivors, regulation of harmful industries like porn and gambling, and structural reforms to improve gender equality. She urges the government to take decisive action to stop perpetrators and match its ambition to end violence.