Safer Families Centre
We research and collaborate to transform the health sector response to domestic, family, and sexual violence
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: National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022–2032
In our submission to the Second Action Plan of the National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022–2032, the Safer Families Cente highlights the critical role of a whole-of-system health response. We outline how health services can help address DFSV, intervene earlier, provide safe and effective first-line responses, and support the long-term recovery and healing of victim-survivors, children and young people.
