Action Research Centre Inaugural Conference
Action Research Centre Ltd is proud to host "Women and their Experiences of Domestic and Family Violence within culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities."
This half-day conference is facilitated by Dr Titus Olorunnisola and includes prominent guest speakers and panel discussions. Attendees will hear from well-known advocates, experts and survivors.
The event is scheduled for Friday 17 June from 10am - 2pm at the Melbourne Multicultural Hub.
The ARC event is a half-day program being curated by Action Research Centre Organising Committee, with an audience made up of prominent advocates, experts, researchers, survivors and others who work with people from cultural and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds.
Our goal is to build awareness of the current research in this area and effective ways to advocate for social and public policy change.
Last November the Federal Government announced the establishment of a Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commission to ensure "real and tangible" improvements are achieved under the next National Plan to end violence against women and children.
The Australian Government National Plan aims to reduce violence against all women and their children, but some groups of women can be more vulnerable to violence and face challenges in accessing information, services and support. That is why there is a particular focus on violence against Indigenous women, women with disability and culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) women.
““The next national plan to end violence against women and children must turn our insights into practical action because lives depend on it...””
In March 2020, the Australian Government announced a $150m domestic violence package as part of its Covid response. And further in the 2021 May Budget, the government announced “a landmark package” which included $1.1bn for women’s safety, in response to what experts have called a national crisis in domestic and family violence.
On average, one woman a week is killed by a current or former partner. The last budget estimated violence against women cost Australia $26bn a year .
