Investment in women\u2019s services could double or even triple, but Australia would still require a major attitude shift in order to stem the increasing rate of domestic violence, say anti-domestic violence advocates.<\/p>\n
Speaking at a forum hosted by Archbishop Philip Freier on 22 April, Paul Linossier, CEO of Our Watch, formerly the Foundation to Prevent Violence Against Women and their Children, said the community needed to tackle the two key drivers of domestic violence, gender inequality and cultural circumstances, for any lasting gains to be made.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn a sense we\u2019re all perpetrators because we\u2019re transmitting from one generation to another this continuing position of inequality between men and women. We do that through a million interactions every day.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n
He said even after his decades in the sector he has been guilty of it, recently realising that he had referred to fixing his fence and setting a new path down as \u201ca blokey weekend\u201d\u009d.<\/p>\n