Tuesday 27 August 2024 5pm - 6.30pm
Online series
Cost: Free
Bookings here
La Trobe Ideas and Society Program presents Domestic Violence: Why? What has to be done? This year has seen a sharp rise in awareness of the violent, sometimes murderous, threats to women and their children, by current or former intimate partners. The terrible stories of Rosie Batty, Hannah Clarke and too many others have finally made their mark.
The Federal Government has recently committed $3.4 billion to a 10-year program aimed at combating domestic violence.
At this special La Trobe University event, journalist and author Jess Hill and Professor Michael Salter will outline their views on how to understand and to fight the sinister, well-known pattern of male intimate partner control, intimidation and violence.
La Trobe University domestic violence expert Emeritus Professor Angela Taft, whose research has included the impact of intimate partner violence on women's health, will join the panel.
Women's Community Shelters Chief Executive Officer Annabelle Daniel OAM will moderate the conversation.
Speakers:
Emeritus Professor Angela Taft Former Director of the Judith Lumley Centre, La Trobe University
Professor Taft is a social scientist who uses rigorous combinations of qualitative and epidemiological methods to answer urgent and complex questions about women's health. For many years, Professor Taft has led a major program of research on intimate partner and gender-based violence. This has included analysing the health impact of partner violence over time.
Jess Hill Journalist, author, speaker
Jess Hill is an investigative journalist, educator and advocate on gendered violence and coercive control. Jess' debut book, See What You Made Me Do, was a comprehensive investigation of the phenomenon of domestic abuse and coercive control and was awarded the Stella Prize in 2020. Jess later presented a three-part documentary series adaptation which aired on SBS and was a producer/presenter on a follow-up series for SBS, Asking For It, which explored consent and issues of sexual violence.
Professor Michael Salter Postgraduate Coordinator, School of Social Sciences, University of New South Wales
Professor Michael Salter is the inaugural Director of Childlight UNSW, based in the School of Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales. Childlight UNSW is the Australasian hub of Childlight, headquartered at the University of Edinburgh, which is dedicated to the study and prevention of child sexual abuse and exploitation. Professor Salter is the author of two books, Organised Sexual Abuse and Crime, Justice and Social Media.
Annabelle Daniel OAM
Chief Executive Officer, Women's Community Shelters
Annabelle Daniel OAM, is the founding CEO of Women's Community Shelters and has worked with local communities around NSW to establish, open and support the 11 crisis shelters in the Women's Community Shelters network. The organisation has also established new transitional housing and three large-scale homes for women aged 55 or more who are experiencing homelessness.
