Family Planning welcomes the opportunity to provide comment on the development of a national strategy and action plans to eliminate family violence and sexual violence in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Overall Family Planning strongly supports a well-coordinated, cross sector approach to
addressing family violence and sexual violence. While national strategies and action plans help provide a shared understanding of goals, there must also be urgent investment in programmes and services, including robust evaluation. To make the vision of eliminating family violence and sexual violence a reality, Family Planning advocates for a much stronger focus on prevention, using a strengths-based approach which supports individuals, families, whānau and communities to have healthy, respectful, and inclusive relationships.

Read our submission on the National Strategy and Action Plans to eliminate family violence and sexual violence in Aotearoa New Zealand.