Safe and Equal Disability Inclusion Forum 2023
On Wednesday 15 November 2023, Safe and Equal hosted the annual Disability Inclusion Forum to support practitioners in enhancing their practice when working with victim survivors with disability.
The forum provided a platform for practitioners to learn from key professionals in the field, who shared their knowledge and practice insights. In alignment with Safe and Equal’s Code of Practice, the forum aimed to increase practitioners’ capacity to promote a safe, inclusive, and equitable service system response to victim survivors with disability.
The forum was divided into two webinars:
- Barriers to service access for victim survivors with disability
- Supporting victim survivors with psychosocial disability
Webinar 1: Barriers to service access for victim survivors with disability
Webinar 2: Supporting victim survivors with psychosocial disability
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Webinar 1: Barriers to service access for victim survivors with disability
Karina (People with Disability Australia)
Tania (The Sexual Assault & Family Violence Centre)
Mishelle (Women’s Liberation Halfway House)
Natasha (Safe Steps Family Violence Response Centre)
- Disability Family Violence Crisis Response Initiative (DFVCRI):
- DFVCRI Flyer
- Contact the Disability Liaison Officers at Safe Steps: disability@safesteps.org.au
Webinar 2: Supporting victim survivors with psychosocial disability
Courtney (Bendigo Health)
- Bendigo Health PowerPoint Presentation slides (3MB)
- List of SFVAs across Victoria (in Alcohol and Other Drugs and Mental Health sectors)
Mac (Youth Disability Advocacy Service)
- YDAS PowerPoint Presentation slides (5MB)
- Youth Disability Advocacy Service (YDAS)
- Advocacy support through YDAS
Nina (FlatOut)
- FlatOut PowerPoint Presentation slides (732kb)
- Supporting criminalised victim survivors
- Systemic Collusion Power and Control Wheel
- Book: No More Police, a case for abolition
Lizzy (Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council)
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On Wednesday 22 June 2022, Safe and Equal and Women with Disabilities Victoria (WDV) are co-hosting a webinar to showcase some of the ground-breaking resources WDV has developed in the prevention of violence against women space.
Brought to you by Women with Disabilities Victoria, DV Vic and DVRCV, this free webinar will explore compounding risk factors and barriers to safety people with disability experience.
The poster has been developed with Flat Out to empower criminalised women and to be displayed at a service or practitioner they are working with.