Australia's CEO Challenge works with corporate Australia to
address domestic and family violence because people affected by or who
use violence are the same people employed in our workplaces; they are our
co-workers and employees.
Together with Australian businesses, we're working for world where
families, in all their diversity, are places of safety and love for all
members, from the littlest to the elders. We do this by:
- Creating partnerships between businesses and refuges so that women and
children fleeing violent homes get the safety and support they need, and
- Delivering education and training so that CEO¹s and their people are
skilled to recognise and respond to the signs of domestic and family
violence inthe workplace.
We know that 1 in 3 women are affected by violence, and that 60% are also
employed. We know it's affecting their work - and that they lose their
jobs becuase of this. The impact is devastating. And we also know that
workplaces can learn how to offer support - to end Australia's silent
pandemic of violence in the home.