12/10/2026
These are not just statistics.
They are our mothers.
Our daughters.
Our sisters.
Our cousins.
Our friends.
OUR CHILDREN.
In over just 48 hours in September, three women and one child lost their lives to domestic and family violence.
And across Australia:
1 in 3 women have experienced physical violence since the age of 15.
1 in 5 women have experienced sexual violence since the age of 15.
Behind every statistic is a life. Women and children whose lives have been taken by violence. Women and children whose stories must not be forgotten.
On 25 November, we will gather in Martin Place for Unite Against Violence: No More Empty Shoes to honour and remember those whose lives have been taken and to stand together for a future where this is no longer accepted as inevitable.
How many more lives?
How many more empty shoes?
We cannot accept this as inevitable. We need change. We need action. We need an end to violence.
Stand with us. Stand against violence.
25 November 2026 | Martin Place, Sydney
Unite Against Violence: No More Empty Shoes
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Personal Safety Survey 2021–22.
