DVRCV Advocate: August 2018

A stack of DVRCV Advocate magazines. The cover has a picture of an elderly woman's face and the headline, "Family violence and prevention in the upcoming election".

For the latest discussion on hot topics and innovative developments in the family violence field, read the August 2018 DVRCV Advocate – out now!

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DVRCV’s focus: Keeping the destination in sight [2]

In an election year it’s important that we take a moment to reflect on the spirit of the Royal Commission into Family Violence and learn what we can from the first phase of implementation. - Emily Maguire, CEO

Organisational spotlight: Intersectionality at Our Watch [3]

We talked to Loren Days about her role as Senior Policy Advisor on Intersectionality and asked how Our Watch is embedding intersectionality within the organisation.

Meet Our Watch CEO Patty Kinnersly [4]

Ms Kinnersly brings extensive experience in women’s health, community services, education and governance to the role of CEO at Our Watch.

Perspective: Jill Gallagher on self-determination, treaty and family violence [5]

The Victorian Treaty Advancement Commission was established in January. The journey to Treaty is important for our work so we asked the new Commissioner to tell us more about this reform.

The Conversation: Using resistance to sustain rather than drain [6]

DVRCV interviewed leading prevention of violence against women practitioners to create the ‘Unpacking Resistance’ video series. This article is based on those interviews.

Feature: Election priorities on family violence and prevention [7]

In the lead up to the state election in November we asked each party to provide their top three priorities for family violence and the prevention of violence against women. Here’s what they had to say.

Voices of the sector: What’s unique about working in a rural setting? [8]

Living and working in the family violence sector in regional, rural and remote areas brings benefits and challenges. We spoke to Mandy Noble and Jan Tracey about their experiences of working in a rural setting.

Prevention spotlight: Lessons on achieving generational change [9]

On 29 May, more than 200 primary prevention of violence against women and respectful relationships education practitioners gathered for DVRCV’s first prevention conference.

Profile: Meet Chris Lynch, Youth Worker [10]

Chris has been a youth worker for 17 years. We talked to him about what keeps him interested in this work, how it intersects with the family violence sector and how to apply a gendered lens.

Working with women with disabilities [11]

Infographic tip sheet on how family violence workers can support women with disabilities by maintaining a strengths-based approach and avoiding deficit language.

Links
[1] https://www.dvrcv.org.au/knowledge-centre/our-publications/dvrcv-advocate/advocate-archive/dvrcv-advocate-august-2018
[2] https://www.dvrcv.org.au/sites/default/files/Advocate_201808_p3_Keeping%20the%20destination%20in%20sight.pdf
[3] https://www.dvrcv.org.au/sites/default/files/Advocate_201808_p4-5_Intersectionality%20at%20Our%20Watch.pdf
[4] https://www.dvrcv.org.au/sites/default/files/Advocate_201808_p5_Meet%20Our%20Watch%20CEO%20Patty%20Kinnersly.pdf
[5] https://www.dvrcv.org.au/sites/default/files/Advocate_201808_p6_Jill%20Gallagher%20on%20self-determination%20treaty%20and%20family%20violence.pdf
[6] https://www.dvrcv.org.au/sites/default/files/Advocate_201808_p7_Using%20resistance%20to%20sustain%20rather%20than%20drain.pdf
[7] https://www.dvrcv.org.au/sites/default/files/Advocate_201808_p8-9_Election%20priorities%20on%20family%20violence%20and%20prevention.pdf
[8] https://www.dvrcv.org.au/sites/default/files/Advocate_201808_p10-11_Whats%20unique%20about%20working%20in%20a%20rural%20setting.pdf
[9] https://www.dvrcv.org.au/sites/default/files/Advocate_201808_p12-13_Lessons%20on%20achieving%20generational%20change.pdf
[10] https://www.dvrcv.org.au/sites/default/files/Advocate_201808_p14_Meet%20Chris%20Lynch%20Youth%20Worker.pdf
[11] https://www.dvrcv.org.au/sites/default/files/Advocate_201808_p15_Working%20with%20women%20with%20disabilities%202.pdf