Marise Payne (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

I appreciate Senator Askew's question because ending gender based violence is a key pillar of Australia's foreign policies in overseas programs in the Indo-Pacific. For example, through the Nabilan Program in Timor-Leste, we've provided more than 32,000 services to survivors of violence, including legal assistance, medical examinations, counselling and crisis accommodation. As well, we have worked with the national government on policies to prevent violence. Australia is also making a contribution to the Pacific Partnership to End Violence Against Women and Girls, which will focus on promoting change at a community level to prevent violence. The Pacific partnership builds on Australia's long-term support to expand services, including support for women's crisis centres in the Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, the Marshall Islands, Vanuatu and Tonga. I try, whenever I am able on my visits, to meet with the women's crisis centres in those locations.