Join the Walk Against Family Violence on Friday 22 November and create Victorian communities where everyone is safe, equal and respected.
In Victoria, this event marks the beginning of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence a global campaign for the prevention and elimination of violence against women and girls.
By joining the Walk you can take action to prevent family violence and violence against women and stand in solidarity with victim survivors.
The event will commence at 11:00am at Birrarung Marr (Upper Terrace) with a Welcome to Country and opening remarks. We will walk together to Treasury Gardens (approximately 700 metres), where we will hear from a lineup of powerful speakers.
You are invited to stay in the Gardens after the formalities finish to enjoy a picnic lunch. There will be food trucks, entertainment, market stalls and a positive atmosphere!
People of all genders are welcome. Bring your workmates, friends, family, chosen family – and even your dogs! Wear orange if you can, bring a water bottle, and don’t forget colourful signs and banners.
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Safe and Equal have recently announced their latest report, Foundations for Action: Understanding the Primary Prevention Workforce in Victoria.
This report examines the landscape of the primary prevention workforce in Victoria, offering comprehensive insights into the diverse range of organisations, practitioners and activities involved.
Created in collaboration with key stakeholders, the report offers valuable insights into workforce needs and presents strategic considerations to strengthen and grow this workforce into the future.
Our Watch’s previous report, Tracking Progress in Prevention: A national monitoring report on progress towards the primary prevention of violence against women and their children 2020, tracked national progress towards reducing violence against women over 2009 to 2019.
A new report card from Our Watch provides an update with data from 2020 to 2023 and shows that there has been slow but significant improvements across many of the key measures of progress in the prevention of violence against women.
A Deakin University honours research project is seeking social worker participants for a study on knowledge and practice responses when working with women over 50 experiencing intimate family violence.
The study aims to explore social workers’ knowledge of intimate partner violence and women over 50, the services available to women over 50, and what this looks like in practice.
Interested participants are invited to participate in a one-on-one interview to gather data on their knowledge of and practice responses for working with women over 50 who have recovered and rebuilt their lives after IPV.
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Ensuring the wellbeing and safety of children is paramount. Yet, filicide, the killing of one’s own child, is the second most common type of domestic homicide in Australia after intimate partner homicide. Despite overall domestic homicide rates decreasing, filicide remains consistent.
This landmark report from ANROWS and the Australian Domestic and Family Violence Death Review Network presents the first national figures for filicides that have occurred in Australia in the context of domestic and family violence (DFV).
A significant 76 per cent of filicides in Australia occur within the context of DFV, involving a history of child abuse, intimate partner violence (IPV), or both. These cases are referred to as “DFV-context filicides”. This finding highlights the importance of safeguarding children through better understanding the impact of violence and resourcing effective interventions.