Launch Webinar – Risk in Context: Trans and Gender Diverse Communities Practice Guide
In partnership with the Zoe Belle Gender Collective, Safe and Equal launched the first resource in the Risk in Context series – a practice guide supporting practitioners to work more effectively with trans and gender diverse communities.
Co-presented by Safe and Equal and the Zoe Belle Gender Collective, this webinar introduced the Risk in Context – Trans & Gender Diverse Communities Practice Guide and explored how practitioners can integrate it into their work.
The Risk in Context series supports practitioners to apply an intersectional lens when undertaking MARAM risk assessment, recognising that evidence-based risk factors may present or be experienced differently across diverse communities. This guide centres the lived experience of trans and gender diverse (TGD) victim survivors, providing insights, research and guiding practice questions to deepen understanding and strengthen service responses.
Guest speakers Joe Ball (Commissioner for LGBTIQA+ Communities) and Aren Jacka (Director, MARAM and Information Sharing Family Safety Victora), as well as panellists Starlady (Zoe Belle Gender Collective), Gus (Thorne Harbour Health), Shei (Rainbow Door) and Ellen (Safe and Equal) shared their expertise and perspectives on the guide and its practical applications.
Safe and Equal and Zoe Belle Gender Collective thank the following organisations for their contributions to the development of this resource: Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society (ARCSHS), FVREE, Drummond Street Services, Rainbow Health Australia, Thorne Harbour Health and Switchboard Victoria.
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The Risk in Context series supports practitioners to apply an intersectional lens when undertaking MARAM risk assessment. This guide centres the lived experience of trans and gender diverse (TGD) victim survivors; providing practitioners with insights, research and guiding practice questions to deepen understanding, enhance their practice, and strengthen family violence risk assessment practice with the TGD community.
