Women’s Health in the North won the Promoting Gender Equality Vic Health award for the innovative Let’s Talk Money program on 3 December 2019. Let’s Talk Money is a financial literacy program that aims to support the economic empowerment of migrant and refugee women. It was funded through the Victorian Government’s ‘Prevention of Violence against…
Last month, the Federal Government informed the National Family Violence Prevention and Legal Services Forum (NFVPLS) its funding would not be renewed past June 2020. The group’s chair, Antoinette Braybrook, was devastated by the decision. ‘We are in absolute shock that we are having to fight for this. … We have survived on $244,000 a…
If you haven’t already completed the Victorian Family Violence Workforce Census, please contribute by the closing date of Friday 20 December to have your say on the continued improvement of the family violence sector, including issues like training, workloads, supervision and retention across the sector. This census is for everyone who plays a role in preventing, identifying and…
MARAM training continues to be in high demand. At this stage, the MARAM Comprehensive Renewing Practice and Comprehensive Risk Assessment and Management training are booked out in Melbourne until June 2020. Workers are advised to add their names to the waiting list. MARAM Comprehensive Renewing Practice training focuses on working with victim survivors for specialist…
Eleri Butler has been appointed as the new chief executive of Family Safety Victoria. She will make the move to Australia from Wales next year, where she is currently chief executive of Welsh Women’s Aid, a national charity that works to end domestic abuse and all forms of violence against women. Eleri Butler has worked…
N-HARP is a newly funded family violence therapeutic program that partners with victim survivors, children and their families. N-HARP provides a stepped care model of therapeutic interventions for victim survivors of family violence and their children. The program is based in the North East and Hume Moreland Regions of Melbourne and will begin accepting referrals…
Family violence practitioners are invited to take part in a research project to examine their work within the spaces of safety and freedom with victim/survivors of domestic violence. The University of New England in collaboration with Monash University are conducting the research and will undertake one hour interviews with interested practitioners. The research will be…
Strengthening the Foundations: First Rolling Action Plan 2019-22 is the first of three Rolling Action Plans that work towards achieving the long-term vision for the workforces that intersect with family violence, as outlined in Building from Strength: 10-Year Industry Plan for Family Violence Prevention and Response. Developed with sector leaders, practitioners and victim survivors, the plan…
The first Specialist Family Violence Court in Victoria has officially opened in Shepparton. The Court aims to provide more support to victim survivors and promote perpetrator accountability with separate entrances and exits, registry counters, safe waiting areas and a large team of specially trained magistrates, operational staff, family violence practitioners, partner agencies and other court-based services…
The 16 Days of Activism is a global campaign to end gender-based violence against women and girls. The annual campaign encourages individuals and organisations to speak out, challenge attitudes that allow violence in our society and spread awareness about the impact of gender-based violence. WHIN has developed a 16 Days of Activism tool kit for…
