William Hague, when he was foreign secretary, made combatting sexual violence in conflict a major priority.

Schools around the country must adopt programs like Step Forward and implement grassroots approaches to combatting sexual harassment on their campuses.

A new draft Bill to be published on sexual offences will focus in particular on combatting sexual exploitation of children and child pornography.

ACC is spending $1.4 million on a new programme aimed at combatting sexual violence on university and polytechnic campuses.