Melbourne Anglicans participate in a campaign to end gender-based violence
[The Melbourne Anglican] Melbourne Anglicans hope to signal to the community that churches can be part of the solution when it comes to preventing violence against women during an upcoming global initiative.
The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence campaign aims to raise awareness about gendered violence and call for an end to it. Figures from Counting Dead Women researchers show 59 women in Australia were killed by men by early November, and homicide figures revealed that Indigenous women were disproportionately affected.
Holy Trinity Hampton Park will be among other Melbourne diocese parishes hoping to make a difference through participating in the campaign. Its vicar, the Rev. Argho Biswas, said the church’s City of Casey local government area had a high rate of family violence, and it was important that Holy Trinity responded to this.
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