Tens of thousands of women are expected to take to the streets for the March4Justice next week, where they will call on the next federal government to lead a review of sexual assault laws, introduce a national Gender Equality Act and increase funding for domestic violence prevention initiatives. The 2022 rallies and events will take place on February 27 – almost one year since 110,000 people attended marches around the country in response to reports of alleged sexual assault and harassment at Parliament House.

This year, based on a petition with more than 100,000 signatures, protestors are demanding safety for women (including at work), reform to stamp out gendered violence, and the delivery of real justice. March4Justice Melbourne organiser Bronwyn Currie says women will be thinking about these demands during the next federal election, which is set to take place in the coming months. "Let's be really clear – the collective anger we saw motivate tens of thousands of people to flood the streets this time last year has not gone away, it hasn't blown over, and it's not a niche issue for a select few,” Bronwyn says.

Keep scrolling to read the four demands in full, and find your closest March4Justice event by heading here.

SAFETY FOR ALL WOMEN
- End racial violence against First Nations women by the state, including the end of the removal of babies and children from their mothers, and forced assimilation policies;
- Increase secure and longterm funding for domestic and family violence prevention and support services, including specialist services for children, Indigenous women, women with disability, women from cultural and linguistically diverse backgrounds, women in aged care, and for trans and gender non-conforming people, as well as perpetrator intervention programs.

SAFETY AT WORK
- Implement all 55 recommendations from the Australian Human Rights Commission's Respect@Work report;
- Address in all forums the gendered violence and inequality that affects members of LGBTQI communities.

REAL ACTION TO END GENDERED VIOLENCE AND PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY 
- Hold independent investigations into public entities and public office holders for all cases of gendered violence, with referrals to appropriate authorities and full public accountability for findings;
- Establish a national Gender Equality Act to promote gender equality in public institutions and public policy;
- Change budget policy and practice to promote gender equality and economic growth.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM
- Criminal justice law reform with a consistent national approach to domestic and family violence protection orders and offences, and sexual assault laws and sentencing;
- Establish a national review, led by all Attorney’s-General, to develop new approaches to sexual assault trials and criminal procedure and systems that are survivor-centred and address bias in the law;
- Support the Australian Law Reform Commission's Pathways to Justice Report and the justice reforms for Indigenous Women.