Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced this Wednesday, May 1, a series of measures and funding aimed at combating violence against women, described as a “national crisis”. These announcements come a few days after demonstrations in several major cities in Australia, to protest against the deaths since the start of the year of 28 women victims of domestic violence. A figure which has doubled compared to last year, at the same period.
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A woman victim of violence dies on average every four days in Australia. A scourge that the Australian Prime Minister wants to eradicate. “ We want to change this, so that everyone takes responsibility. Because violence against women is not just a problem that concerns them, it is a problem that concerns all of society and men in particular must take responsibility for it. “.
25% of the female population could experience some form of violence in their lives
At the end of an emergency meeting with the Prime Ministers of the different States, Anthony Albanese announced an envelope of more than 560 million euros which will be used to strengthen the structures helping people fleeing the violence as well as new legislation .« We will introduce legislation to prohibit the creation and distribution of “deep-fake” pornography and the sharing of sexually explicit content using technologies such as artificial intelligence, will be subject to serious criminal sanctions “.
Additional funds will also be provided to internet monitoring organizations responsible for verifying, among other things, the age of internet users. Because the fight also involves controlling violent videos and images to which young boys and young men are exposed. If nothing is done – the statistics are alarming – 25% of the female population could suffer some form of violence in their lives.
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