Hundreds participate in anti-domestic violence march in Darwin
Advocates, front line workers, politicians, and police have come together, marching through Darwin's Casuarina shopping centre to raise awareness against domestic and family violence. The march is part of an ongoing 16 days of activism led by the UN but also comes as new legislation passes in Northern Territory parliament which aims to better protect victim survivors of violence.
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00:00 Another day, another call for change.
00:07 Advocates say silence is the problem, so they're demanding to be heard.
00:11 We need to band together to help stamp out domestic violence
00:15 and that starts with conversations and first and foremost calling it out if you see it.
00:20 It's the second march in a week in Darwin, part of the UN's 16 days of activism against gender-based violence.
00:27 Today's focus, involving men in the conversation.
00:31 Especially our young males, too often we're seeing these influences be portrayed as misogynistic or degradation of women
00:38 and really that's not what being a man is.
00:40 Being a man is being able to respect and know how to treat a woman properly.
00:44 We just need to open the dialogue and start conversations.
00:47 I think domestic violence has traditionally not been something that men in particular have spoken about openly in the past.
00:55 Demonstrations like these aim to send a message and it seems the message is being received
01:01 with bills passing through parliament just this week.
01:04 Advocates have welcomed the changes but say they don't go far enough.
01:08 The reforms are largely aimed at reducing the risk of victims being identified as perpetrators,
01:13 particularly if they defend themselves after suffering abuse.
01:17 These were the things that the sector were saying would make a difference.
01:20 So things like making sure that if you're a victim of violence that you can easily get out of perhaps a residential tenancy that you're in.
01:30 Those things make all the difference.
01:32 But with services underfunded and overwhelmed, Territorians will continue chanting for change.
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