Partnering to Uphold Self-Determination

Partnering to Uphold Self-Determination

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This video tells the story of a partnership between Djirra, Elizabeth Morgan House and Safe and Equal.

This video is shared to contribute to the growing evidence base on equitable partnership approaches between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal organisations, with the hope that it may inform future partnership practices across the family violence sector.

Djirra and Safe and Equal established a strategic partnership in 2022 with the aim to support mutual capability building and to improve outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people experiencing family violence. In 2025, Elizabeth Morgan House Aboriginal Women’s Services joined the partnership.

Through this video, hear from Skye Gooch (Djirra), Kalimna Forde (Elizabeth Morgan House), Lisa Levis (Safe and Equal) and Anna Wark (Djirra) on taking a partnership approach to create conditions for equitable relationships.

Find more information about the work here.

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Commitment to Action: Towards a culturally responsive and accountable family violence sector

Commitment to Action: Towards a culturally responsive and accountable family violence sector

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The Commitment to Action was developed through a collaborative process across 2023 – 2024. It was led in partnership between Djirra and Safe and Equal, with deep engagement with Aboriginal women, and Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal family violence services. In 2025, Elizabeth Morgan House formally joined the partnership, bringing their expertise and insights to this critical work.

This statement sets out non-Aboriginal family violence services collective commitment, as a family violence sector. Acknowledging what we have heard, the tangible actions we will take and how we will demonstrate accountability to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

As non-Aboriginal family violence services, we work on unceded Aboriginal lands across so-called Victoria. The ongoing impacts of colonisation continue to cause harm to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in different places and spaces in which our services operate.

We recognise the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, children and community members to receive culturally responsive, inclusive, and accessible family violence services, wherever they seek support. It is our responsibility to ensure the services we provide uphold these rights and are demonstrably accountable to Aboriginal communities. This is an ongoing process that must be undertaken by our sector in relationship with Aboriginal services, without demanding more from Aboriginal communities, who are not responsible for correcting the wrongs of racism and colonisation.

For more information about the work: https://safeandequal.org.au/about/working-together-for-change/supporting-a-culturally-responsive-and-accountable-family-violence-sector/

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