ACTING ON EVIDENCE

AN ROWS 2 N D NATIONAL RESEARCH CON FEREN CE

ACTING ON EVIDENCE 15–17 M ay 2018 · Sofitel Sydney Went wor th

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Welcome to the ANROWS 2 nd National Research Conference on Violence against Women and their Children. I am thrilled that you can join us as we explore how practitioners, policymakers, and researchers are Acting on Evidence to understand, respond to and prevent violence against women and their children. The conference features leading researchers, policy-makers and practitioners from around the country, teamed together to discuss how ANROWS's and other research findings have been transferred into action through policy and practice. This year’s conference is on the land of the Gadigal peoples of the Eora Nation, the traditional custodians of this land. On behalf of ANROWS and our conference delegates, I pay respects to the Gadigal Elders, past and present, and to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across Australia on whose traditional lands we live, work and play. I also acknowledge, specifically, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders at this conference, who have led or otherwise contributed their wisdom and experiences to the work being discussed and showcased here. Violence against women in Australia is prevalent and pervasive. It has devastating impacts on physical and economic security, health and wellbeing for women, their children, families and communities. Recognising this, the Council of Australian Governments instituted a 12-year plan to support nationally co-ordinated evidence-based prevention strategies and responses to violence against women and their children. ANROWS was established under the National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children 2010-2022 to build the evidence and support evidence-informed policy and practice. Our purpose is reflected in the structure of this conference. I trust the conference will present the opportunity for you to learn, connect, and reflect, as we work together to meet the challenges of preventing and responding to violence against women and their children.

Dr Heather Nancarrow CEO, Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety

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Acting on Evidence

15 –17 M a y 2 018 • S o f i t e l S y d n e y We n t w o r t h

The theme for ANROWS’s 2nd National Research Conference is Acting on Evidence. Each session features Australia’s leading researchers and policy or practice partners discussing new evidence in the prevention of violence against women and their children, and its application to policy and practice.

The Program

The conference program reflects the six national outcomes of The National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children 2010 – 2022 (the National Plan). Each session will focus on the transfer of knowledge to practice in ensuring communities are safe and free of violence, relationships are respectful, Indigenous communities are strengthened, services meet the needs of women and their children experiencing violence, justice responses are effective, and perpetrators stop their violence and are held to account for their actions.

Speakers

We have paired Australia’s foremost researchers, practitioner, policymakers, and sector leaders to discuss how they are Acting on Evidence in the prevention of violence against women and their children.

What You Can Expect

Established as an initiative under the National Plan, ANROWS’s mission is to deliver relevant and translatable research evidence which drives policy and practice leading to a reduction in the levels of violence against women and their children. This conference is an opportunity for delegates to share their knowledge and advice on policy development and improved service provisions, as we respond to and prevent violence against women and their children.

S p e a ke rs .

Professor Kelsey Hegarty Professor University of Melbourne & Victoria Hovane

Dr Adele Murdolo

The Royal Women’s Hospital

Australian National University College of Health and Medicine

Executive Director of the Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health

Kate Jenkins

Dr Michael Salter

Ed Mosby

Senior lecturer in criminology, Western Sydney University

General Psychologist and owner of Wakai Waian Healing

Pino Migliorino

Dr Anita Morris

Dr Roslyn Baxter

Dr Karen Struthers Research Fellow at Griffith University

Dr Harry Blagg

Mary Barry

Director of the Centre for Aboriginal CEO, Our Watch and Torres Strait Islander People & Community Justice

Hayley Foster

Professor Pranee Liamputtong

Emeritus Professor Anne Edwards AO

Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission

Founder & Managing Director of the Family Violence Principal Practitioner VIC Dept. of Health & Cultural Perspectives Group Human Services

Centre Manager/Violence Prevention Specialist – Northern Rivers Community Legal Centre

Professor of Public Health, Western Sydney University

Group Manager of Families Group in the Department of Social Services

Inaugural Chair of the Board, ANROWS

+ many more

N e t wo r k i n g o p po r t u n i t i es . Welcome Reception Enjoy drinks and canapes with fellow conference delegates at our Welcome Reception. The Reception is an excellent opportunity to meet and network with sector colleagues.

Conference Dinner Join fellow delegates and guests in the beautiful Wentworth Ballroom, to enjoy drinks and a delicious three-course dinner. Our dinner speaker for the evening will be Jane Gilmore. Jane is a freelance journalist, and weekly columnist for Fairfax Media. Jane is also the creator of the #Fixedit project – fixing the headlines about men’s violence against women and children. She will address media representations of violence against women and children, and the importance of popular movements such as #Metoo and #Timesup in changing attitudes toward violence against women. Joining Jane will be the CEO of Our Watch, Mary Barry. Our Watch champions nationwide change in the cultures, behaviours and power imbalances that lead to violence against women and their children. The dinner is complimentary to full registrations and Wednesday day delegates. ANROWS welcomes delegates to register any guests who wish to attend. Details can be found on the Register page at the end of this program.

Jane Gilmore Freelance journalist and weekly columnist for Fairfax Media

Poster Display: Violence against Women Research Projects The conference will feature a poster display of current projects addressing issues of domestic and family violence, sexual violence, violence against women or gendered violence. The aim is to present current research outcomes and emerging developments, focusing on the six National Outcomes of The National Plan. If you are interested in participating in this display please visit anrowsnationalconference.org.au/posters/ for more information.

Stay Connected Connect and engage with speakers and other delegates with the hashtag #ANROWSconf2018. Keep up to date with program news, and take part in interactive sessions with the Acting on Evidence conference app.

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15 M AY 2018

16 M AY 2018

17 M AY 2018

10:0 0 –12:0 0

7:4 5 – 8:15

8:15 – 8:4 5

Registration

Registration

Tu es d a y. Registration

We d n es d a y.

T h u rs d a y.

8:15 – 8:40 12:0 0 –13:0 0

Lunch

8:4 5 –9:0 0

Welcome & Minister's opening address Dr Heather Nancarrow, CEO, ANROWS; and Hon Pru Goward, Minister for the Prevention of Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault, NSW. 8:4 5 –9:20

13:0 0 –14:0 0

Welcome & Official opening Uncle Chicka Madden, Gadigal Elder; Dr Heather Nancarrow, CEO, ANROWS; Hon Dr David Gillespie, Assistant Minister for Children and Families.

14:0 0 –14:30

ANROWS Chair address Sam Mostyn, Chair of the ANROWS Board

14:30 –15:0 0

CEO address Dr Heather Nancarrow, CEO, ANROWS.

Keynote address: Intergenerational trauma & family violence in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander communities Prof Victoria Hovane, The Australian National University; and Dr Mark Wenitong, Apunipima Cape York Health Council. 9:25 –10:25

Plenary session: Conceptualisations of violence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. 10:30 –11:0 0

Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander research

Crossing the line

Lived experience of sexual violence among trans women from CALD Recent results & future plans. backgrounds in Australia.

Public health perspectives Integrated practice using a trauma and violence informed care model (TVIC).

12:35 –13:30

Getting to action on violence against migrant and refugee women.

Economic risk

Access for women with disabilities to domestic and family violence services. Translating knowledge together.

Promoting women’s economic security following domestic and family violence.

15:05 –15:35

Welcome Reception

"I can sleep better knowing that he isn't tracking me": Overview and impact of the Safe Connections Program.

Domestic violence, contraception and pregnancy

Looking ahead Young people & violence.

The need for improved responses to reproductive coercion.

13:15 –14:40 • CO N CU RREN T S ES S I O N S 2

Service provision in complex contexts

Money, love & financial abuse

Enhancing the wellbeing & safety of women with complex trauma.

Opening the 'perpetrator black box.'

Afternoon tea

Services meet the needs of women & their children Best practice models for perpetrator interventions, and justice for women with disabilities.

15:40 –16:40

Kate Jenkins, Sex Discrimination Commissioner. 16:4 5 –17:0 0

Closing comments Dr Roslyn Baxter, Department of Social Services. 18:30 –22:0 0 We nt wo r t h B a l l ro o m

17:30 –19:30 L eve l 5: G a rd e n c o u r t re s t a u ra nt

Morning tea

Lunch

Whatever it takes

Keynote address: Human rights and violence against women

Wendy Spencer, Department of Education Tasmania.

10:25 –10:55

12:30 –13:10

Migrant & refugee women

Closing comments

Victorian Royal Commission into Family Violence; the Queensland Premier’s Special Taskforce on Domestic and Family Violence; and the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.

Safer technology

Afternoon tea

17:0 0 –17:15

Plenary session: Major policy reviews & reform

11:05 –12:30 • CO N CU R R EN T S ES S I O N S 1

13:35 –15:0 0 • CO N CU R R EN T S ES S I O N S 2

The central role of data for building the evidence base to inform policy and practice for the prevention of violence against women and their children.

9:05 –10:20

11:0 0 –12:25 • CO N CU RREN T S ES S I O N S 1

15:0 0 –15:30

Plenary session: Doing data!

Dr Marion Frere, Interim CEO, Victorian Office for Prevention and Women's Equality, Department of Health and Human Services.

Morning tea

Lunch

15:4 5 –17:0 0

Welcome & overview

14:4 5 –15:15

Afternoon Tea 15:20 –16:40

Plenary session: Research, policy & practice Application and uptake, innovation and cultural change. 16:4 5 –17:0 0

Conference Dinner

Closing comments

Jane Gilmore, and Mary Barry, Our Watch.

Dr Heather Nancarrow, CEO, ANROWS.

Please Note: This is a projected schedule and is subject to change.

Tuesday: Session outline. P L E N A RY S E S S I O N

Doing data! William Milne, Australian Bureau of Statistics; Louise York, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare; Kim Webster, National Community Attitudes Survey, ANROWS; Marian Esler, Department of Social Services; Olivia Octoman, Australian Centre for Child Protection, University of South Australia. Facilitated by Dr Kristin Diemer, University of Melbourne The central role of data for building the evidence base to inform policy and practice for the prevention of violence against women and their children.

Wednesday: Session outlines. KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Intergenerational trauma & family violence in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander communities State of knowledge and implications for policy and practice. Prof Victoria Hovane, The Australian National University; and Dr Mark Wenitong, Apunipima Cape York Health Council This session will draw together the various literature that is currently available about intergenerational trauma and its impacts, and how this issue relates Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The session will link intergenerational trauma and family violence, and the implications this may have for policy and practice.

P L E N A RY S E S S I O N

Conceptualisations of violence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities Prof Victoria Hovane, The Australian National University; Edward Mosby, Wakai Waian Healing; Wayne Muir, Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service; Jackie Huggins, National Congress of Australia’s First People’s; Emma Partridge, Our Watch; Corina Martin, Aboriginal Family Law Service WA. Facilitated by Dorinda Cox, Inspire Change Consulting Group. CONCURRENT SESSIONS 1

Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander research Recent results & future plans. Dr Harry Blagg, The Centre for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Islander People and Community Justice; Prof Victoria Hovane, The Australian National University; Miriam Bevis, Central Australian Aboriginal Legal Aid; Prof Judy Atkinson, We Al-li Trust Service. Facilitated by Edward Mosby, Wakai Waian Healing.

Crossing the line Lived experience of sexual violence among trans women from CALD backgrounds. Prof Pranee Liamputtong, Western Sydney University; Dr Eloise Brook, Gender Centre; Maree August, Drummond Street. Facilitated by Karen Field, Drummond Street Services & Stepfamilies Australia.

Public health perspectives Integrated practice using a trauma and violence informed care model. Prof Kelsey Hegarty, Joint Chair in Family Violence Prevention at the University of Melbourne and the Royal Women’s Hospital; Dr Anita Morris, Department of Health & Human Services Victoria. Facilitated by Jenny Chapman, The Royal Women’s Hospital. This session will highlight the voices and needs of survivors and their children, discuss how a health systems approach is useful for implementation of a trauma and violence informed care model (TVIC), demonstrate integrated practice using a trauma and violence informed lens, and demonstrate how TVIC model can be translated into training and practice. By the end of the session participants will be able to: understand the importance of lived experience informing practice, discuss complex implementation in health settings of TVIC, and describe how the TVIC model can be applied to training and practice settings for different sectors. CONCURRENT SESSION 2

Migrant and refugee women Getting to action on violence against migrant and refugee women. Dr Cathy Vaughan, University of Melbourne; Dr Adele Murdolo, Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health; Erin Davis, Domestic Violence Victoria; and Tania Farha, Department of Premier and Cabinet Facilitated by Pino Migliorino, Cultural Perspectives Group This session will discuss the findings of the ASPIRE project, and how they have been used to shape policy and practice in relation to violence against immigrant and refugee women, with a focus on Victoria and Tasmania. It will outline the challenges that were observed in supporting action based on evidence, and suggest strategies for strengthening the way research can be used by diverse sectors and communities to ensure migrant and refugee women’s safety.


Whatever it takes: Access for women with disabilities to domestic and family violence services.

Translating knowledge together.

Assoc. Prof Patsie, Frawley Deakin University; Linda Stokoe, Consultative Research Group – ‘Whatever it takes’ Deakin University; Jane Rosengrave, Consultative Research Group – ‘Whatever it takes’ Deakin University; and Hannah Taylor, 1800RESPECT. The ‘Whatever it takes: Access for women with disabilities to domestic and family violence services’ research has used innovative approaches to hear from and include women with disabilities from research to translation. In this presentation we will talk about how we did this work together including how our findings have been translated into new resources being presented at the conference, and soon to be embedded in practice through the 1800RESPECT disability pathways project. You will hear about our ‘One size does not fit all’ approach that includes: better understanding what ‘Nothing about us without us’ looks like; how to use the 5 ‘A’s’ of understanding access; collaborating without clashing and; ‘finding out about us with us’. The research to practice approach and outcomes presented here provide a template for true co-design and will inspire you to work closely with women with disabilities in services and research.

Economic risk: Promoting women’s economic security following domestic and family violence Dr Jane Bullen, Independent researcher; and Sophie Ismail, ACTU. Facilitated by Moo Baulch, Domestic Violence NSW KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Human rights and violence against women: Current priorities and responses. Kate Jenkins, Sex Discrimination Commissioner.

Thursday: Session outlines. P L E N A RY S E S S I O N :

Major policy reviews & reform Victorian Royal Commission into Family Violence; the Queensland Premier’s Special Taskforce on Domestic and Family Violence; and the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.

CONCURRENT SESSIONS 1

Safer technology "I can sleep better knowing that he isn't tracking me": Overview and impact of the Safe Connections Program Dr Kate Dorozenko, Curtin University; and Heidi Guldback, WESNET. Facilitated by Hayley Foster, WESNET. This session will provide an overview of the Safe Connections program, a model of multi-sector collaboration addressing the overlap of violence against women and technology, with a specific emphasis on phones. Safe Connections has two components: (1) the delivery of training about technology-facilitated abuse and safety to frontline workers, and (2) the provision of a new phone, pre-paid credit, and information on the safe use of technology to women. In this session, the findings of the evaluation of Safe Connections will be presented, with an emphasis on the experiences of survivors who received a phone and technology safety information as part of the program. The impact of the training on the practice of frontline workers who rolled out the Safe Connections program will also be outlined. Participants of this session will walk away with a better understanding of technology-facilitated abuse and the needs of survivors and workers in this area.

Domestic violence, contraception and pregnancy: The need for improved responses to

reproductive coercion. Dr Juliet Watson RMIT;

Katherine Kerr Independent Researcher, Member of Children by Choice Board; Liz Price, Children by Choice and Prof Kelsey Hegarty, Joint Chair in Family Violence Prevention at the University of Melbourne and the Royal Women’s Hospital. Greater public attention on domestic violence has highlighted the huge numbers of women victimised by male violence in our community, and encouraged many service and systemic responses and interventions. However, this has also shown the pervasiveness of control and the need for a deeper understanding of the issues for our most vulnerable. This session examines: emerging local and international research and analysis in the understanding of reproductive coercion as a deliberate strategy of control; and the impact of homelessness on women’s wellbeing through their experiences of both survival sex and pregnancy. Katherine, Liz and Juliet will talk to the need for improved individual and systemic interventions, policy, and research, to best support women to be safe and live free from violence and control.


Thursday: Session outlines cont. Looking ahead: Young people and violence - A focus on both prevention and intervention – outcomes of the PIPA Project, and R4Respect Elena Campbell, Associate Director – Research, Advocacy and Policy Centre for Innovative Justice, RMIT University; Dr Karen Struthers, Research Fellow at Griffith University; Andrew Taukolo, Peer Educator YFS Ltd; and Jennifer Uwinez, Peer Educator YFS Ltd. Facilitated by Edward Mosby, Wakai Waian Healing. Young people can be harmed by violence in the home, they can be perpetrators and they also have the capacity for positive change —both in overcoming their own experiences of violence and in preventing harm to others. The experiences and voices of young people are at the core of this session. The ground-breaking PIPA Project: Positive Interventions for Perpetrators of Adolescent Violence in the Home is exploring and reporting on the specific needs of young people who perpetrate violence in the home, including interventions that move beyond justice system, compliance-based models. In addition, peer educators from R4Respect will outline their work and ANROWS-funded research that examines the impact of peer-peer respectful relationships awareness and education. Exploring these projects, this session will highlight how both response and prevention efforts must be directly informed by the experiences of young people if we're to make a meaningful difference for the next generation.

CONCURRENT SESSIONS 2

Service provision in complex contexts: Enhancing the wellbeing and safety of women with

complex trauma

Dr Michael Salter, Western Sydney University; Dr Elizabeth Conroy, Western Sydney University; and Jackie Burke, Western Sydney University Facilitated by Liza Balmer, Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Women’s Council. This session is focused on ‘complexity’ in women’s health, safety and service provision. The presenters will discuss their experiences as researchers, advocates, and practitioners supporting women with complex trauma. The session will explore the multiple meanings of ‘complex trauma’ and the implications for women’s wellbeing and safety from violence. Key themes will include the link between abuse, trauma, and revictimisation, working with women with high and chronic needs, and managing vicarious trauma and burnout. The outcomes of the session will include increased understanding of the traumatic impacts of abuse and violence on women’s health and safety, and current policy and practice challenges to collaborative responses to complex trauma.

Money, love and financial abuse: Opening the 'perpetrator black box.' Dr Nilmini Fernando Researcher, Teachable Moments, WIRE; Julie Kun, CEO, WIRE; Angela Lynch, Women’s Legal Service Queensland; Cathy Oddie, Survivor Advocate with Safe Steps Family Violence Response Centre; and Moo Baulch, Domestic Violence NSW. How can we address the devastating financial outcomes for victims/survivors of family violence? Cortis and Bullen (ANROWS 2015, 2016) recommend that we coordinate policy and service to develop targeted strategies to restore financial empowerment and strengthen the systems that support victims/survivors. This interactive panel focuses on the Victorian context, where pathways are being formed to bring this evidence into action. Speaking from lived experience, legal and research perspectives, the panel will first introduce the complex relations between women, money and love that set the scene for financial abuse, then open the ‘perpetrator black box’ to expose how women are re- victimized at the intersection of family law and consumer law. Findings from WIRE's ‘Financial Teachable moments’ study will stress the importance of addressing the financial safety and timely and relevant 'money conversations' with victims/survivors, no matter which door they enter through and whichever stage of the family violence journeys they are at. The audience discussion aims to generate strategies and actions that can be taken in other Australian contexts.

Services meet the needs of women & their children: Best practice models for perpetrator

interventions, and justice for women with disabilities.

Prof JaneMaree Maher, Monash University; Dr Susan Heward-Bell, The University of Sydney. Facilitated by Dr Lesley Laing.

P L E N A RY S E S S I O N

Research, policy & practice Application and uptake, innovation and cultural change. Dr Marion Frere, Victorian Office for Prevention and Women’s Equality, Department of Health and Human Services; Dr Roslyn Baxter, Group Manager, Families Group, Department of Social Services; Wendy Spencer, Education Act Implementation and Organisational Change, Department of Education Tasmania; and Libby Davies, White Ribbon Australia.


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