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This independent evaluation assessed the effectiveness, impact, and sustainability of Refuge Victoria's Play Therapy Program.
By bringing together perspectives spanning advocacy, service organisations, and researchers working in the field of financial abuse prevention and intervention, this white paper shows the gaps in current data collection tools, such as the personal safety survey (ABS, 2024). The paper also discusses who needs to have a seat at the table in future data collection and research design.
This snapshot, published by Brisbane Youth Service, introduces the BYS Youth Domestic, Family, and Sexual Violence Practice Framework. The Framework will guide practice at BYS in supporting children and young people aged 12 to 25 who are impacted by domestic, family, and sexual violence (DFSV) while experiencing or at risk of homelessness.
CMY is currently helping practitioners to break the silence through our new Centering Multicultural Youth Voices in Family Violence Training. This limited-time training is youth informed and designed specifically for FV practitioners.
Drawing on findings from a national survey of 1651 young people who reported experiences of DFV, this article enhances current understandings of how DFV impacts education and the effectiveness of school-based help-seeking for young Australians experiencing DFV. Centring the voices of young victim-survivors, our findings question the degree to which schools are presently equipped to recognise, respond to and support students who experience DFV.
This article synthesises new Australian research on filicide and outlines key predictors, risk patterns, and systemic gaps identified in coronial and case review material. It discusses the complexity of parental mental health, relationship dynamics, and service engagement.
Ending domestic, family and sexual violence in a generation hinges on getting it right for those who have the least power – children and young people.
This session examined current research on child sexual exploitation and its implications for policy and practice. It outlined strategies for prevention and support, with an emphasis on strengthening system responses to the complex needs of survivors.
The Victorian Law Reform Commission has initiated a community law reform project examining aspects of family violence intervention orders for children and young adults affected by family violence (other than as a respondent). This Issues Paper reflects Stage 1 of the project – Protection for children who turn 18 while on a Family Violence Intervention Order.
