THIS WEDNESDAY (4 May) marks Domestic Violence Remembrance Day which commemorates all the women across Australia who have lost their lives as a victim of domestic violence.

19 women have been killed in domestic homicides in Australia in the first 19 weeks of 2022, one every single week, the latest victim being a Victorian women killed over this past weekend.

One of the organisations which made a formal statement on the day was domestic violence support and advocacy group Full Stop Australia.

Full Stop Australia CEO Hayley Foster said today served as a reminder of the devastating harm of domestic violence and the need for more action.

"Today we remember the tragic loss of family and community members killed with violence. We honour and pay tribute to them and acknowledge the pain suffering of their friends and family members who have lost their loved ones,” Ms Foster said.

“This is a national crisis. No-one should lose their life to domestic and family violence.”

According to Full Stop Australia, intimate partner violence is the single biggest preventative driver of illness, disability and pre-mature death in women aged 18 to 44 years of age in Australia.

Of the 19 women who have been killed in 2022, ages range between a 19-year-old woman from NSW in January to a 74-year-old Queensland woman killed in March. The vast majority of perpetrators were people known to the victims.

In addition to participating in the national conversation, Domestic Violence Remembrance Day was also commemorated at a local level in different parts of the Western Plains.

Local Mission Australia branches in Coonamble and Coonabarabran set up special displays today acknowledging each of the 19 women as well as a morning tea.

ABOVE: The designs were intended to confront people with the harsh realities of domestic violence in today's world.

The Walgett Mission Australia was also intending to set up a similar event today, however this was postponed due to COVID-19 with a new date yet to be determined by staff.

Mission Australia Program Manager for Orana and Western NSW Tanya Molloy said the morning teas were intended to remember those who were lost due to DV while also providing information and support to people who have been or are being affected by domestic and family violence in some way.

"It was a light way to make the community engage in conversation, provide them with information and raise awareness for the victims," Ms Molloy said.

"(Domestic violence) impacts every community, it's out there more than people realise."

May also marks Domestic Violence Prevention Month which is intended to help inform communities about their part to play in stopping domestic and family violence from occurring in the first place.

Ms Molloy said a variety of events were planned over the next few weeks to commemorate it in regional Mission Australia offices, including Domestic Violence Remembrance Day commemorations in Brewarrina and Lightning Ridge.

"Also, later in the month, the domestic violence team is going to be attending the DV conference in Sydney hosted by DV NSW which will give them the opportunity to network and update their information about DV," she said.