Funds for research on violence against Indigenous women

Indigenous women and children are disproportionately impacted by family and domestic violence. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

Indigenous-led research into domestic and family violence is being funded as part of a national strategy aimed at ending violence against First Nations women and children.

Social Services Minister Amanda Rishworth announced $15 million funding over five years as the next stage of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Action Plan under the National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022-32.