PreventX 2026: Stories for Change
Safe and Equal’s PreventX: Stories for Change conference will be held in person and online from Tuesday 24 – Thursday 26 March 2026.
Jaime Chubb
Board Member
Jaime has over 20 years’ experience in the community services and local government sectors across a range of fields including service provision, community engagement, advocacy and community planning. Jaime is currently the CEO of Centre Against Violence, a not-for-profit community organisation delivering specialist sexual assault and family violence services across the Ovens Murray region of Victoria.
16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence 2025
Safe and Equal is continuing to collaborate with Respect Victoria for the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence in 2025.
PreventX 2026: Call for Abstracts
Safe and Equal’s PreventX: Stories for Change conference will be held in person and online from Tuesday 24 – Thursday 26 March 2026.
Portraits of Prevention: Mel
Mel is a program manager leading a gendered violence prevention program at a Women’s Health organisation, which is part of Victoria’s Women’s Health Services Network.
The prevention workforce
Portraits of Prevention profiles some of the practitioners in the family and gender-based violence prevention workforce.
Portraits of Prevention: Samantha
Samantha is a senior practice leader working in one of the small number of specialist organisations that are solely focused on primary prevention. These include Our Watch and Respect Victoria.
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Portraits of Prevention: Kellie
Kellie is a policy adviser and prevention practice leader at the Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV), where she oversees initiatives to enhance local government’s capacity in primary prevention. Currently, 27 councils are funded through the Free from Violence Local Government Program to deliver primary prevention programs.
Portraits of Prevention: Soizic
Soizic is a Lead at a state-wide Disabled People’s Organisation (DPO) that advocates for the rights, safety and respect of women and gender diverse people with disabilities. This organisation, led by and for women and gender diverse people with disabilities, focuses on improving health services, preventing violence and promoting leadership.
Portraits of Prevention: Bel
Bel is a manager at Rainbow Health Australia and leads the LGBTIQ+ Family Violence Prevention Project.
Portraits of Prevention: Starlady
Zoe Belle Gender Collective is a small trans and gender diverse-led advocacy organisation that was previously funded as a pilot project under Rainbow Health Australia’s primary prevention project.
Portraits of Prevention: Djirra
Djirra is dedicated to early intervention and the prevention of family violence. Djirra brings a holistic approach to prevention, grounded in culture, community and connection. It is an ongoing process that runs parallel to early intervention, response and recovery work, woven through every interaction, workshop and community gathering.
Portraits of Prevention: Claire
Claire leads a primary prevention program that focuses on preventing violence against migrant and refugee women.
Portraits of Prevention: Anthony
Anthony is a project lead at a TAFE, supporting initiatives that promote gender equity, diversity and inclusion, and prevent violence.
Portraits of Prevention: Daniel
Daniel is a practitioner working in a practice leadership role in a program specialising in masculinities and working with men and boys.
Portraits of Prevention: Kate
Kate is a senior Counsellor Advocate working at a Centre Against Sexual Assault (CASA). She began her career as a teacher before transitioning into social work, bringing with her a wealth of skills in facilitation, curriculum development and pedagogy.
Portraits of Prevention: Jade
Jade is a CEO leading a women’s support service that also delivers primary prevention programs.
Portraits of Prevention: Jessica
Jessica is a manager in a specialist gendered violence prevention team that is funded to build the capacity of community sport and recreation to address and prevent gender-based violence.
Portraits of Prevention: Shweta
Shweta is a program manager leading a gendered violence prevention and early intervention program at a Women’s Health organisation, which is part of Victoria’s Women’s Health Services Network.
Amy Tapsell
Policy and Advocacy Advisor
Amy supports Safe and Equal’s policy and advocacy work by developing policy positions and submissions, monitoring emerging issues and contributing to advocacy strategies.
The four R’s: Reading, writing, arithmetic and RESPECT
The Victorian Government’s announcement that respectful relationships education will be part of the school curriculum from 2016 is exceptionally good news for our community and those working to prevent violence against women and girls.
Family violence risk assessment falling short
Last year’s coronial inquest into Luke Batty’s death was a rare opportunity to examine the systems that Rosie Batty was in contact with as she sought help to protect herself and to keep Luke safe, and how these systems can be improved to prevent this type of tragic event from happening again.
Family violence in Aboriginal communities
Family violence impacts on Aboriginal people at vastly disproportionate rates and has devastating effects on Victorian Aboriginal communities. This is an extract from the Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention and Legal Service (FVPLS Victoria) submission to the Victorian Royal Commission into Family Violence.
Risk assessment at the Royal Commission
The Royal Commission into Family Violence has created an unprecedented opportunity to examine how Victoria’s response to family violence can be improved. DVRCV’s Libby Eltringham summarises the Commission’s inquiries into risk assessment and risk management (excerpt of full article).
Family violence in an LGBTIQ context
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Intersex and Queer (LGBTIQ) people are not only more likely to experience family violence but less likely to recognise, report and receive appropriate support in response.
New family violence agency commences
Sue Clifford has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the Victorian government’s new family violence agency, Family Safety Victoria.
Support and Safety Hub Statewide Concept released
The Support and Safety Hub Statewide Concept outlines the role the hubs will have in the long-term plan to end family violence in Victoria.
Funding for LGBTI family violence specialist services
The Minister for Equality has announced $3 million over four years to develop comprehensive specialist family violence services for LGBTI Victorians.
MARAM sector readiness consultations
Family Safety Victoria is running a series of stakeholder consultations with front-line practitioners and organisational leaders
Training for healthcare workers
The Victorian Government is expanding training at Victorian public hospitals to help staff better identify and support patients experiencing family violence.
Victoria Against Violence
The Victoria Against Violence — 16 Days of Activism campaign commences on International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on 25 November 2017.
Universal Children’s Day and Family Violence Reform
Today, the 20th of November is the Universal Children’s Day. This day offers us an opportunity to reflect on the right for children to grow up in a world free from violence.
Collaboration is at the heart of what we need
The reforms resulting from the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Family Violence are not just about change in one area.
New Family Violence Information Sharing Scheme now operating in Victoria
The Family Violence Protection Amendment (Information Sharing) Act 2017 is now operating in Victoria.
New training: Well-being, self-care and worker sustainability
A practical one-day workshop to help you and your employer support your well-being and professional sustainability
Temporary Migration and Family Violence Research
A new research report, ‘Temporary migration and family violence: An analysis of victimisation, support and vulnerability’, was recently published.
More Rapid Housing for Victims of Family Violence
Minister for Housing, Disability and Ageing Martin Foley has announced more than $4 million in new funding for the Rapid Housing Program.
Men’s behaviour change: a new model and increased funding
Minister for Families and Children Jenny Mikakos has announced the release of a new and enhanced men’s behaviour change program model, alongside increased funding.
Recommendation 209: mandatory qualifications for specialist FV practitioners
The Victorian Government has announced that the existing workforce will be exempt from the minimum requirement for mandatory qualifications.
Fines Victoria’s New Family Violence Scheme
Fines Victoria’s new Family Violence Scheme commenced at the start of this year to support people affected by family violence within the fines system.
New Laws to Support Family Violence Victim Survivors
New laws introduced on 5th June will allow victim survivors of family violence to provide recorded statements via body-worn cameras.
Information sharing and risk assessment consultations
The Victorian Government is holding public consultations for key documents related to information sharing and the redeveloped family violence risk assessment and risk management framework.
Information Sharing and MARAM update
The Victorian Government has provided information about preparing for and implementing the Family Violence Information Sharing Scheme, the Child Information Sharing Scheme and the MARAM.
Start date for information sharing and MARAM training
Face-to-face training for the Family Violence and Child Information Sharing Reforms and introduction to MARAM training will begin on 8 October 2018.
MARAM and Information Sharing update
The Victorian Government has provided information about preparing for and implementing the Family Violence Information Sharing Scheme, the Child Information Sharing Scheme and the MARAM.
How local government can help prevent violence against women
As recommended by the Royal Commission into Family Violence, all Victorian councils are now required to articulate how they will help reduce family violence in their community.
New Energy Retail Protections For Victims Of Family Violence
Energy retailers will be required to recognise family violence as a form of financial difficulty and consider this before pursuing debt, with an updated retail code planned to protect the rights of affected customers.
Peak bodies respond to the second annual report from the Family Violence Reform Implementation Monitor
The Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare, No to Violence, and Domestic Violence Victoria welcome the Family Violence Reform Implementation Monitor’s second annual report.
Everybody Matters – A Family Violence System Supporting All
Minister for Health Gabrielle Williams today launched a 10-year inclusion and equity statement to ensure Victoria’s family violence system supports all Victorians.