1 in 6 women experience physical and/or sexual violence from a live-in partner from the age of 15. These startling new figures from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare's (AIHW) new report into the state of family and domestic violence happening right in our own backyard.

The Greens have announced a pre-election pledge of $5.3 billion to radically fight the root issues disadvantaging Australian women.

In its progressive 10-year funding plan, revealed today, the party announced a major cash injection to tackle the nation’s scourge of domestic violence.

As part of a decade-long commitment the party promises to support frontline DV crisis response services by providing “funding certainty” with an investment of $2.2 billion over four years.

“The Greens are actually serious about ending violence against women,” Greens Senator Larissa Waters told Whimn.

“That’s why we have a fully costed plan to give $5.3 billion over 10 years, with $2.2 billion in the first four years, to ensure no DV survivor is turned away from crisis, support and housing services when they need help and that primary prevention programs are delivered to stop violence before it starts. This is the funding commitment it is going to take.”

The Greens say they would commit an additional $200 million over four years to a Survivor Grant fund, which would give up to 50,000 family domestic violence survivors grants of up to $4000.

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“The Survivor Grant fund will help approximately 1000 survivors of DV a week,” Senator Waters said.

“Money should not be a barrier to escaping violence whether it’s rent and housing costs, affording the basics like food and clothing, medical, health and wellbeing needs, we must support survivors to keep them safe.”

As well as the direct cash support, her party will also introduce legislation for 10 days of paid family and domestic violence leave, “so that no woman has to choose between getting paid and being safe”.

“Five days of unpaid leave is wholly inadequate given the financial burden on women when leaving violent relationships,” she said.

In Australia one women is murdered a week by her current or former partner and eight women are hospitalised because of domestic violence every day, according to Our Watch.

This new promise far outspends the Morrison Government’s pre-election domestic violence package of $328 million.

Critical of that figure, Ms Waters said: “Ten women have been killed in Australia this year already, after 69 last year, and yet the government has only committed $328 million over three years towards tackling this crisis.”

The Greens say their multi-billion dollar “equality for women” pledge will go further than the Liberals and Labor in closing the gender wage gap, making abortions free and legal, boosting women’s financial security, encouraging family friendly flexible workplaces and valuing the work of carers with superannuation contributions.

“The comprehensive suite of initiatives, designed to ensure women are safe, valued and treated as equals in private and public life, show the scale of work that needs to be done level the playing field for Australian women and girls,” Senator Waters said.

This story originally appeared on Whimn and is republished here with permission