Discussions focusing on work with people using violence, including insights into men’s behaviour change as well as earlier interventions and programs designed for young people.
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Save the date: National Roundtable on Youth IPVAs 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.Bringing together researchers, practitioners and lived experience advocates to share evidence, discuss the latest practice developments and explore what a scaled, sustainable response could look like. The event will be available to join online as a webinar and is open to DFV sector professionals, youth workers, academics and policymakers. Registration details will be available shortly. | Event page
Masculinities and Misogyny Online: Current Findings and Future DirectionsDeakin Downtown, Melbourne, 13-14 July | Read moreThis two-day conference explores current and emerging research on the manosphere. Bringing together leading scholars, policy makers, and members of the community sector, presentations will showcase new research on the manosphere and digital misogyny, discuss the challenges of researching this area, and highlight strategies and interventions for responding to and countering manosphere-related harms.
Relating with Dad: violence prevention through safe family connection | In-person, Melbourne | 23 July, 9:30am – 4:30pm | Read more Workshop featuring Dr. Henning Mohaupt, PhD (Norway) will explore ways of understanding and partnering directly with young children and their fathers who have used violence to increase child and parent safety and optimise child and family wellbeing.
On 11 and 12 March, No To Violence hosted the 2026 National Conference on Ending Men’s Family Violence, bringing together 382 delegates from across the country. From Grace Tame’s powerful keynote to the unanimous endorsement of a Conference Declaration, it was two days of important conversation and collective action.Read the full wrap-up here
Our Watch | 2025 | Open in new tabPresents a range of evidence-informed approaches and examples of programs that address masculinities and work with men and boys in the primary prevention of men’s violence against women.
Our Watch | 2023 | Open in new tabThrough discussions with a range of prevention practitioners working in different settings, this webinar explores some practical and effective ways that people can challenge and transform socially dominant forms of masculinity, and work with men and boys in the prevention of men’s violence against women.
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The Youth Coalition of the ACT | May 2026 | Open in new tabDiscusses the Pyramid of Shame, victim stance thinking, what we mean by ‘behaviour change’, and what it means to hold someone accountable | View more resources by Rodney Vlais
Family Life | 2022This presentation outlines the Dads in Focus program, which helps men using violence adopt safe parenting roles, improve parenting skills, understand the impact of violence on children and address their own trauma | Open in new tab
Kids First Australia | 2020This presentation provides an overview of the Caring Dads Program, which is a 17-week intervention program for men who have abused or neglected their children or exposed them to family violence. The program was delivered by Kids First in partnership with Uniting ReGen and Anglicare Victoria. | Open in new tab
AIFS, in collaboration with ANROWS | 2020This webinar explored how all-of-family approaches can help address the differences between service systems and the need to work with men who use violence. It explores the need for practitioners to make patterns of violence visible, partner with women to ensure safe and effective practice and apply family approaches. | Open in new tab
AIFS and Relationships Australia | 2026 | Open in new tabBuilding on the ‘developing of a generalisable theory of change’ webinar, Dr Genevieve Heard, Dr Glenn Althor & Stephanie Fisher discussed the challenges and benefits of this collaborative undertaking, and early work to align an evaluation framework to the Theory of Change.
AIFS and Relationships Australia | 2026 | Open in new tabWith: Dr Genevieve Heard, Dr Glenn Althor & Stephanie FisherThis webinar discuses how AIFS and Relationships Australia developed a theory of change that could be generalised across the diverse men’s behaviour change programs they deliver.Access the recording here
ANROWS | 2020 | Open in new tabPerpetrator accountability is stated as the aim of many domestic and family violence policies and programs, however, there is no agreed understanding of what accountability actually means.
A wide range of human services organisations engage with perpetrators of domestic and family violence: the justice system, men’s behaviour change programs (MBCPs) and other services such as housing, child protection, health and community support. These different services interpret accountability in different ways, and some may be unsure how to respond appropriately to perpetrators of violence.
North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network | 2025 | Open in new tabThis workshop aims to discuss the link between domestic and family violence (DFV) and suicide. Suicidal ideation is common in people experiencing or using DFV. There is a need to have effective risk assessment safety planning strategies and support pathways for both suicide and DFV.
No To Violence | 2024 | Open in new tabFacilitates further exploration of how pornography use shows up in the work with men and what are we hearing from victim survivors.
No To Violence | 2024 | Open in new tabCo-delivered by Family Life, this webinar explores how the safety of women and children can be the key focus of working with men who use family violence to change their violent behaviour – even alongside practices that balance compassion and accountability in working with those men to stop them using domestic and family violence.
Also consider: Work with men in the AOD Context
NTV and YSAS | 2022 Open in new tab
This discussion explores how we might provide earlier support and interventions to young people who have experienced family violence, and ways we can engage with young people to promote positive and healthy attitudes about relationships | Open in new tabPresenters:Carmel Hobbs (Uni of Tasmania)Fiona Buchanan (Uni of SA)Georgina Dimopoulos (Southern Cross University)Vanessa Harestad and Darcy Robertson (Brisbane Youth Service)
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Young person intimate partner violence
Young person violence in the home (against parents/carers)
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