00:00The Young Crisis Accommodation Centre has coloured Young and other towns and villages
00:06in southern New South Wales in purple.
00:10It's a day to spread awareness of domestic and family violence and make sure women and
00:14children who have been killed due to domestic violence so far this year are not statistics.
00:19YCAC have placed the names of women and children who have been killed by DV in 2024 in shop
00:26front windows right across Young CBD and in other towns and villages like Barua and
00:32Hardin.
00:3358 women have been killed by domestic violence so far in 2024.
00:38Manager of the centre Kerry Palmer says it's the first time they have done something like
00:43this, although it may be confronting, she says it's needed.
00:47Ms Palmer says she hopes this will spark conversations with families and young children, particularly
00:52men, about domestic violence in our country.
00:56So we want to make, it's very important that we do speak to our young males about respectful
01:01relationships and about gender stereotypes and the way we treat each other.
01:06It's incredibly important that we do spread that message.
01:08Respect.org.au is a fantastic resource for teachers, parents and anybody in a position
01:13where they're teaching young men about these things and we encourage people to jump on
01:17there because the resources are fantastic and it gives you some great conversation starters.
01:22Schools and early childhood education centres have also taken part in today's event.
01:27Social service students from TAFE and Young have also been heavily involved, putting up
01:32love hearts and displaying purple balloons across the CBD.
01:37Today's event hit home to many people in the community.
01:40According to the Federal Government, rates of domestic violence are higher in regional,
01:44remote and rural areas across Australia.
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