No more circles: Learning from survivors, perpetrators and practitioners on how to respond better to IPV & sexual violence.
Intimate partner violence (IPV) and sexual violence (SV) are pervasive issues within the Australian community, significantly impacting the wellbeing of women and children. Navigating the service system to seek safety is challenging. Understanding the experiences of those who do is necessary to improve service responses and to focus on healing and recovery.
As part of ANROWS’s 16 Days of Activism campaign, this webinar launched a national study consisting of two reports. The first report, Voices from the frontline, gives insight into the experiences of those working in the domestic and family violence (DFV) service sector. The second report, Listening to the voices of victims and perpetrators to transform responses to intimate partner violence examines the help-seeking journeys of victims and survivors and people who use violence.
Using national survey data of the workforce, and in-depth qualitative data with victims and survivors of IPV and SV, and perpetrators of IPV and SV, the study builds an evidence base to improve system responses.
The discussion is critical to anyone working in policy and practice in intimate partner and sexual violence across the various sectors of health, justice and specialist services. It shares what was heard about known issues, such as a fragmented and siloed services system, and the potential opportunities to transform services responses from circular and ineffective to those that are safe, innovative and meet the needs of victims and survivors as well as those who use violence.
This webinar features a panel discussion amongst the report’s researchers, experts with lived experience and practitioners from across the DFV sector.
10 сен 2024
