Australian Human Rights Commission Information for List of Issues on Australia, 29 September 2017 13. The Commission notes that the National Plan builds on the Council of Australian Government’s (COAG) commitment under the Close the Gap framework.17 14. Action on FDV against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women should be developed in close consultation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and other relevant stakeholders. Issues for consideration in the LOI:  3.3 Information on steps taken by the Australian Government to reduce violence against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and children, including prevention and early intervention initiatives as an urgent priority issue. Violence against women and girls with disability (concluding observations paras 42–43 and CEDAW Articles 1 and 16) 15. Women and girls with disability experience intersectional inequality and violence at higher rates than the general population.18 16. The Commission welcomes the COAG Advisory Panel Report, Reducing Violence Against Women and their Children (2016 COAG Report)19 and the Third Action Plan (2016-19) (Third Action Plan) under the National Plan to “improve support to women with disability who experience or are at risk of violence by working with them, the disability sector, specialist family and domestic violence services and mainstream services”.20 However, the Commission is concerned that the Third Action Plan fails to address other forms of violence perpetrated against women and girls with disability.21 17. The Commission is also concerned about the under-resourcing of accommodation and support services for women and girls with disability experiencing violence.22 18. The Commission notes that a 2015 Senate inquiry recommended that the National Plan should be updated to include institutional and disability accommodation settings.23 This was not accepted by the Government.24 19. The Commission refers to the Stop the Violence Project,25 which provides an evidence base to support future reform in service provision to better respond to the needs of women and girls with disability experiencing violence. 20. The Commission also remains concerned that sterilisation of women and girls with disability, without consent, continues to occur in Australia.26 Issues for consideration in the LOI:  Information on efforts to ensure that subsequent Action Plans to the National Plan continue to support prevention and early intervention initiatives, and improve the provision of support and services for people experiencing gendered disability violence, including implementation of 5