Safe and Equal are partnering with Respect Victoria for the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. Following positive reception for the campaign messaging in previous years, this year’s theme will be Respect Women: Call It Out (Respect Is). The United Nation’s international campaign 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, takes place each year […]
In response to the continuing theme, 'Respect is: Call it Out', our panel discussion Voices of Courage explores the differences and nuances that culturally and linguistically diverse people face when trying to “call it out”, and include reflections, stories and strategies for bystander action when also facing systemic prejudices. Our panelists include: Anu Krishnan, Betul Tuna, […]
These reflective discussions are held on the last Wednesday of each month in 2022. Between each session, at least another 4 women will be murdered by a current or former male partner by their use of family violence. Since these figures are not changing from year to year, the need for practitioners to address gender […]
Presenters: Dr Evita March, Niamh O’Connor and Kristen Poel. Facilitated by Dr Jasmine B. MacDonald Technology-facilitated coercive control includes the use of mobile and digital technologies in online sexual harassment, stalking, surveillance, and image-based abuse. Victim-survivors commonly experience a combination of technology-facilitated and in-person abuse. Technology provides a way to extend the perpetrators ability to […]
This training is open to any professional in the Bayside-Peninsula region of Melbourne who responds to family violence. Explore how to contribute to risk assessment and collaborate for ongoing risk management through respectful and sensitive engagement with victim survivors, information sharing, referral and secondary consultation. This is not risk assessment training, but forms an integral […]
Our monthly information sessions provide an opportunity for specialist family violence, community sector and multicultural agency staff to learn about the services that inTouch provides, eligibility criteria and referral pathways. Each month we will explore different programs and projects being undertaken within inTouch, followed by a Q&A session. Our last information session for 2022 will […]