Thank you to the 8,500 Victorians that joined today to walk in solidarity with victim-survivors. It’s been hard to feel hopeful in 2024 - the rate & impact of domestic, family & sexual violence has been relentless. Yet the collective commitment & power of today felt hopeful.

📝 New report released today! This study explores how young victim-survivors in Victoria experience and navigate the crisis support system when escaping family violence. Despite the substantial reform agenda in the nearly 10 years since the Royal Commission, the family

One NAPCAN action coming out of NCPW is to advocating for a National Cabinet Minister for Children, because embedding child wellbeing in public policy must be a priority. The statistics should outrage all of us. These are not issues we can turn away from https://t.co/gi80MOMsan

On Thur 6th Nov @Matt_B_Tyler will be delivering an Address at the National Press Club of Australia with Professor @Kate_FitzGibbon to launch Jesuit Social Services’ landmark Adolescent Man Box (AMBOX) Report.

Congratulations to all the women who have been inducted into the Victorian honour roll. We especially give a shout out to Dr @Kate_FitzGibbon a globally recognised expert in preventing violence against women and children.

Some victim-survivors take their own lives. We need to better undrstand link btwn suicide & FV. In 2024, data from Victorian Coroners Court revealed FV in 24.5% suicides recorded from 2009-16 @stef_vasil @Kate_FitzGibbon Marie Segrave https://t.co/avagCABjrt via @ConversationEDU

📢 New report released today This study examines investigation processes relating to histories of family violence following women’s deaths by suicide in Victoria. Women’s deaths by suicide in the context of family violence victimisation represent an important but often

New research points to ways systems could be improved so we have a better idea of how domestic violence is affecting suicides. It may help prevent women's deaths. @Kate_FitzGibbon @MSegrave @stef_vasil @ACUmedia @MonashUni @unimelb

“You can get failed by systems”: We say we care about victim-survivors of violence and yet we jail them as kids @Matt_B_Tyler @JesuitSocialSer @Kate_FitzGibbon

Australia has ministers for seniors and youth. So why not a minister for children? Excellent points by @Kate_FitzGibbon supporting the call by Act for Children for govt to appoint a minister for children: https://t.co/gi80MOMsan https://t.co/LQV0MHClpo via @ConversationEDU

Australia has dedicated ministers for aged care and seniors and youth and early childhood education. But there is no federal minister with a sole focus on children. Read https://t.co/6PhrbkNp2v @Kate_FitzGibbon @MonashUni via @ConversationEDU.

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Australia needs a dedicated Federal Minister for Children. Children’s wellbeing cuts across every major policy portfolio – from health to education, housing to justice. Yet at the national level, there is no single minister tasked with coordinating efforts, listening to

Responsibility for children is scattered across portfolios, including social services, education, health and Indigenous affairs. @Kate_FitzGibbon @MonashUni

🚨New article co-authored with @Matt_B_Tyler published today: We say we care about victim-survivors of violence and yet we jail them as kids. We need a fundamental shift away from punitive approaches & towards therapeutic responses grounded in the needs of children & young

Thanks to @yahooau for republishing my article examining how parents can coercively control their children, often under the guise of parental discipline. While we greater understandings of how coercive control operates in adult relationships – much less attention has been given

The family unit is under attack! Stand with us as we fight the anti-family left!

My recent landmark report revealed why so many victims walk away from the justice system. The findings are stark. Reform is urgent. We need Government and criminal justice partners to act on the recommendations — victims deserve a better service. https://t.co/2L9UpRFki4

‘I was very fearful of my parents’: new research shows how parents can use coercive control on their children https://t.co/SPCk6ZmmpT via @ConversationEDU

‘I was very fearful of my parents’: new research shows how parents can use coercive control on their children, which can erode a child’s mental health, self-esteem and sense of safety. @Kate_FitzGibbon https://t.co/JT9mnTBGED via @ConversationEDU

Jesuit Social Services stands in solidarity with ACOSS and the community sector, signing onto a joint statement calling on the the Federal Government to accelerate its plan to achieve net zero emissions by 2035, not 2050, in line with the latest science.

🚨 New @ConversationEDU article published today. I explore findings from interviews with young people who described how coercive control by parents shaped their daily lives and long-term wellbeing. Many struggled to name their experiences as abuse — especially when these

A study interviewing teenagers reveals how parents can coercively control their children under the guise of parental discipline. @Kate_FitzGibbon @MonashUni

14 years ago, I made my first ever trip to New York City as a tourist from New Zealand. After a month of walking every inch of this city while blasting Jay Z’s “Empire State of Mind”, the city started to seep into my soul. A day before I was supposed to fly back to New Zealand,