We research and collaborate to transform the health sector response to domestic, family and sexual violence
The Safer Families Centre
Our Centre is committed to transforming health sector policy and practice responses to domestic, family and sexual violence through research, training, support tools and evaluation. We collaborate internationally and locally with researchers, practitioners and our lived experience victim-survivor group WEAVERs to promote safety, wellbeing and healing of families.
LATEST NEWS: Launch of new CRE
The RESTORE Centre is a new Centre of Research Excellence leading research into innovative health sector responses needed to restore wellbeing and enhance access to healing for victim-survivors of sexual violence in adulthood. Funded by the NHMRC, the Centre is a collaboration between The University of Melbourne, University of Newcastle, University of NSW and Monash University, with international partners from Johns Hopkins University (USA) and Coventry University (UK).
Please join us on Wednesday 19th February 2025 as Commissioner Micaela Cronin launches the Centre. Other special guests include WEAVER lived experience expert, Dr Claudia Garcia-Moreno (World Health Organization), Emily Lee-Ack (DFSV Commission), and the Centre’s Director, Professor Laura Tarzia (The University of Melbourne).
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