National Roundtable on Youth IPV

Throughout 2026, the Centre, NTV, SASVic and Safe and Equal are collaborating to deliver a suite of live events, as part of the Family Violence Sexual Violence (FVSV) Project.

As part of the FVSV Knowledge Project, No to Violence (NTV) will be hosting a national roundtable and webinar exploring responses to young people’s use of intimate partner violence.

Young people aged 15–24 who use intimate partner violence are a distinct cohort with distinct needs, yet tailored, evidence-based responses remain scarce.

Timed to complement the upcoming Children and Young People MARAM implementation in Victoria, the event offers an opportunity to build workforce readiness and shared understanding across the sector ahead of this important reform. 

Chaired by survivor advocate Annie King, the event brings together researchers, practitioners and policymakers in person and online to share lessons and explore what it will take to build this work at scale.

On the agenda

• Findings from the IVY Study (RMIT/ANROWS) on how youth IPV differs from adult-perpetrated violence and how services are currently responding
• Findings from No to Violence’s review of the international evidence on effective responses and emerging opportunities
• Insights from Meli’s Young Men’s Group — a real-world practice case study
• The draft Intersectional Practice Guide for practitioners working with 18–25-year-olds, with structured consultation on how the guide can be tested and further developed
• Roundtable discussions on scaling effective responses and how the sector can work together to build on this work.

Who should attend

The half day roundtable event is for researchers, practitioners and people with lived experience across the family violence, youth, and allied sectors; and anyone with an interest in building a more effective, coordinated response to young people’s use of IPV.

Read more about this NTV-led project, as well as reading through our curated list of resources and research on this topic here.

This event is made possible through the four peaks’ collaborative work on the Family Violence Sexual Violence Knowledge Project. Never miss an event – stay up to date by subscribing to monthly updates!