Monash University's Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre has launched an interactive website, 'When staying home isn't safe', which describes the impacts the stay-at-home restrictions had on gender-based violence, particularly family violence, which intensified during the COVID-19 pandemic. Posted August 2022

The third of seven Family Violence Reform Implementation Monitor (FVRIM) reports for 2021-22 has now been published. The report 'Monitoring Victoria's family violence reforms: Early identification of family violence within universal services' is available on the FVRIM website via the link below. Posted June 2022

The Department of Families, Fairness and Housing have released the 'Ending family violence: Annual Report' to report on the 2020 and 2021 progress of the Family Violence Outcomes Framework and Rolling Action Plan 2020 - 2023. Posted May 2022

The second of seven Family Violence Reform Implementation Monitor (FVRIM) reports for 2021-22 has now been published. The report Monitoring Victoria's family violence reforms: Reform governance is available on the FVRIM website here. Posted April 2022

The Federal Government has established a new payment for women experiencing family violence. Uniting VicTas has been allocated the funding for the whole of Australia. Posted October 2021

WESTNET are offering free smartphones with prepaid SIMS for victim survivors. Posted September 2021

OurWatch has established the National Primary Prevention Hub under the Fourth Action Plan of the National Plan to Reduce Violence against women and their children. Posted August 2021

RMIT’s Centre for Innovative Justice have developed an issues paper that draws together evidence about women’s involvement in the criminal justice system and the factors behind the escalating female imprisonment rate in Victoria. Posted July 2021

The Court Support Program provides information and support for people who have upcoming or pending intervention order hearings with Sunshine, Werribee or Melbourne Magistrate’s Court. Posted April 2021

Friends with Dignity is providing bi-annual scholarships to children and young people throughout Australia who have faced, or are facing, domestic or family violence. Posted February 2021

New website providing key information on the Gender Equality Act as well as guidance to assist organisations to understand and meet their obligations to provide gender equality in the workplace. Posted November 2020

Research exploring the experiences of women who appealed Centrelink decisions about the ‘couple’ rule in cases where domestic violence was involved. Posted September 2019

Led by Women’s Health West. For all resources around primary prevention of violence in the West.

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The Intertwine Charter outlines six areas where organisations can proactively improve their internal practices and policies to implement intersectionality.

RMIT University's Department of Criminology & Justice Studies, invites specialist family violence workers or family violence services that have expertise in responding to victim survivors of both family violence and sexual assault to participate in their research project, 'Responding to victim survivors with experience of family violence and sexual harm'. The research project is funded by Family Safety Victoria and seeks to understand the experiences and support needs of these victim survivors, in order to inform the ongoing development of Victoria's family violence response. Interviews will take place throughout September. Click here to find out more. Posted September 2022

The St Kilda Legal Service have partnered with Monash University's Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre for a study into the experiences of LGBTIQ+ victim survivors of Victoria's family violence intervention order system. The study will also seek to better understand how LGBTIQ+ Victorian's interact with the family violence legal system and experiences of being 'misidentified' as the predominant aggressor in a family violence context. Posted June 2022

The Centre for Family Research & Evaluation (CFRE), in partnership with RMIT University's Centre for Innovative Justice and the Australian Institute of Family Studies, recently commenced 'Future-proofing Safety', a major research project examining how family violence in Victoria has changed since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Findings will be shared via a report in June 2022 along with workshops with the sector to unpack their findings and a research report and crisis readiness framework in October 2022. Posted May 2022

The Young Women's Report, released by the Australian Women Against Violence Alliance (AWAVA) explores a range of issues associated with gender-based violence and its impact on young women and non-binary people. Drawing on both the 2021 survey conducted by AWAVA and the National Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Women's Alliance (NATSIWA), the report introduces new ways to understand both interpersonal and structural experiences of diverse forms of violence, relying on first-hand accounts from young people living in a range of circumstances across Australia. Posted April 2022

Project Respect has had a website makeover! The new website features information on how to get support, upcoming training and resources, learning and development tools. Posted November 2021

Resources from the National Summit on Women’s Safety held on 6 & 7 September 2021 are now available. Posted September 2021

Public Transport Victoria’s Travel Pass program supports approved community service organisations and education providers to issue Travel Passes to their clients and students. Posted July 2021

Emerging Minds and the AIFS have developed this resource outlining 13 common elements of evidence based programs for separating parents. Posted March 2021

The WA Council of Social Services have released a framework setting out how community service organisations can partner with people from lived experiences. Posted February 2021

The Australian Institute of Criminology have released findings from an impact evaluation on responding to adolescent family violence. Posted October 2020

Exploring women’s imprisonment and domestic, family and sexual violence. Posted August 2020

Resources available from the Under the Radar Forum held in June 2019. Posted September 2019

An important resource for trainers and participants to consider and apply the Intersectionality Framework in Victoria.

Vikki Reynolds (2011) challenges the notion of burnout and offers an approach to resisting burnout based on collective sustainability shouldered-up by justice doing.

Safe & Equal have launched a campaign to raise awareness of family violence and the skills and confidence that family, friends and colleagues need to respond. The initiative is backed by a powerful animation series available in 15 languages that reinforces that conversations about family violence are important, and anyone can make a difference simply by listening and offering support. Posted September 2022

Safe and Equal have developed a range of support resources that provide relevant and up-to-date information on family violence and what you can do to get the support you need. Information is available in 15 community languages and includes tool kits and videos. Posted May 2022

Family Planning Victoria has launched its first App, 'In Real Life' (IRL), dedicated to the sexual health literacy of young people. IRL is free to download, gender and sexuality neutral, frank, honest, taboo-free and medically accurate. Recommended for people 15 years and above, the App's content is closely aligned with the questions Family Planning Victoria staff are regularly asked by students in school settings about the specifics of sex and how to access credible sources of information. Posted December 2021

OurWatch released the second edition of 'Change the Story', its evidence-based framework, to guide a coordinated and effective national approach to preventing violence against women. The second edition of Change the Story provides a fully updated, evidence-based framework to inform and guide an effective, coordinated, appropriately resourced, and truly national approach to prevention. Posted December 2021

Project Respect has had a website makeover! The new website features information on how to get support, upcoming training and resources, learning and development tools.. Posted November 2021

The eSafetyCommissioner has released a report highlighting women's lived experiences of online abuse, and points to the need for greater action by online platforms and employers to prevent and respond to abuse. The research undertaken by the eSafetyCommissioner focused on women working in different sectors including law, banking, marketing, journalism and community services. Posted April 2022

OurWatch have released the Respectful Relationships in Primary Schools Pilot Evaluation Report conducted in 2017 and 2018 across 18 schools in Queensland and Victoria. Posted June 2021

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare have released a report on the health and welfare of women in Australia’s prisons. Posted December 2020

The Sexual Assault and Family Violence Centre, in partnership with BATForce, City of Greater Geelong and Creative Geelong Inc has launched the project findings summary report. Posted July 2020

Australian Institute of Criminology report. Posted 30 April 2020

OurWatch, the national agency to prevent violence against women, has launched the Workplace Equality and Respect website. Poster October 2019

Guide to help employers understand their responsibilities towards employees experiencing family and domestic violence. Posted September 2019

Developed by Domestic Violence Services Management NSW in partnership with Dr Allen Wade and Dr Lynda Coates with the participation of victim survivors of family violence.

A recording from Family Safety Victoria's Lived Experience Forum 'More than our story: action, wisdom and change' held on 12 April, is available for viewing. The Forum showcased and celebrated the unique role lived experience expertise has played in the family violence reforms in Victoria and the role of survivor advocacy in changing how the community understands and responds to family and sexual violence in Australia. Posted May 2022

The Victorian Law Commission has released its report 'Improving the justice system response to sexual offences'. The report is the result of a major inquiry held over 18 months, involving 99 consultations and attracting 71 submissions. The report contains 91 recommendations to improve the way the justice system in Victoria responds to sexual offences. Posted December 2021

DVVic, DVRCV and the Expert Advisory Panel have developed a series of resources and templates to support other services and organisations in their engagement with survivor advocates. The Family Violence Experts by Experience Framework provides principles for best practice and resources to support organisations to do this work. Posted November 2021

Safe Steps in partnership with participating Priceline Pharmacies has launched the “Safe Place’ initiative to overcome obstacles victim survivors face when accessing family violence information, connecting with family violence services and finding safety. Posted October 2020

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare have released this report bringing together data from a variety of sources. Posted September 2020

Designed to increase evidence-informed decision making by the 14 FVRIC’s across Victoria. Posted July 2020

ANROWS. Posted February 2020

Essential Services Commission guide for retailers around better practice in responding to family violence. Posted September 2019

Long term social marketing initiative that enables young people to reflect on and discuss consent, dating and healthy relationships. Posted August 2019

Full report and overview of the Commission’s 227 recommendations

A national framework for the primary prevention of violence against women.