On 3 July 2012, The Hon Pru Goward, NSW Minister for Women, addressed The Sydney Institute to launch the Women in NSW 2012 Report. The launch fulfilled an election commitment to base government policy on rigorous research evidence. Women in NSW 2012 is a comprehensive audit of women in NSW at a point in time.…

The Hon Pru Goward is the New South Wales Minister for Family and Community Services and Minister for Women. Her portfolio is one of the most complex and delicate to handle in terms of government policy and policy enforcement. As her department acknowledges, there are many reasons why children are at risk of abuse and…