Webinar: What if we stopped waiting for family violence to become a crisis? Exploring opportunities to strengthen prevention, early intervention and response

Each part of the family violence system affects the others. Hear how they connect, from prevention through to recovery, and what it would take to reach people before crisis point. The drivers and early warning signs of family violence are well known, yet our systems tend to focus most on responding at the point violence becomes visible, through a disclosure, referral, police involvement or contact with a specialist service. These moments are often part of a much longer trajectory, and there are often opportunities to intervene well before family violence reaches a crisis point. A decade on from Victoria’s Royal Commission into Family Violence, we’ve made significant progress in preventing and responding to family violence. However, important questions remain about how we connect primary prevention, early intervention, response and recovery, and translate what we know into more effective, coordinated approaches. In the lead-up to the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, join Relationships Australia Victoria, Our Watch and Eastern Community Legal Centre to explore what has changed over the past 10 years, what the evidence tells us, and where there is room to do more across policy and practice to build a more integrated family violence system.

Hosted by Relationships Australia, this is a live conversation.

Each organisation will share what they’re seeing from their part of the system, followed by a moderated panel discussion and audience Q&A.

Panellists:

• Louise Falconer (Our Watch)

• Marika Manioudakis (Eastern Community Legal Centre)

• Roz McCabe (Relationships Australia Victoria)

Moderated by Alyson La’Brooy (Relationships Australia Victoria)

Hosted by Nick Tebbey (Relationships Australia)

Register here