But that pain also brings awareness, which prompts contact with places like the Women's Centre for Health and Wellbeing in Albury.

Support provided at the centre increased by 84 per cent from March to October.

Health promotion co-ordinator Jennifer Manwaring said that equated to around 33 women every week seeking support for domestic and family violence.

"And they're just the ones that are in a position to seek help," she said.

"We had a referral from a GP for a woman who disclosed.

"But the perpetrator was the one who was driving her around.

"This is a woman who lives out of town, she is isolated."

It is for those victim-survivors who may not be in a position to speak up that Step Out Against Violence Albury-Wodonga has taken place annually since 2017.

Judy Langridge, who used her experience of sexual assault to connect with and empower other women, said it continued to be a "constant conversation".

"It's when women are murdered, like Celeste [Manno]," she said.

"We had a DV incident in our street yesterday.

"We need to have the conversation, because we can't say 'No' to a man, and we're conditioned to be nice, and polite.

"To the point where when you're actually being assaulted ... you don't want to make accusations and 'ruin someone's life'.

"I'm safe to speak, I have the luxury of being able to tell my story.

"I know I'm giving other women strength."

The experiences of workers and clients at the Women's Centre will be shared in short videos for the 2020 Step Out.

Through their Facebook page and website, the team will share messages around the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence (starting today).

They welcome the community to buy shirts and access information at their stand on Friday.

The centre, which offers crisis assistance, counselling and therapeutic programs, moved from a building in Olive Street to Farrer House on Swift Street earlier this year.

"Access to our service has increased by being in the CBD; people can get off the bus and walk to us," Ms Manwaring said.

"We increased our service to online and phone counselling, which has actually opened up to the service to women who would not have had access because of distance."

The Women's Centre has taken a larger role in Step Out this year, which has involved Albury Council, Albury Wodonga Health, NSW Police, the Australian Defence Force and others.

Ms Langridge said she would "absolutely" miss the march through Albury that usually takes place.

"We'll be coming back bigger and louder," she said.

"It is a serious thing, it's an epidemic, women are living a horror movie - if they're lucky enough to survive.

"It's the most empowering feeling, to shut down a physical space, to be safe, to make a fuss about violence.

"It shows we're all in it together, and that perpetrators are on notice."