Ensuring safety and support for women* experiencing Domestic and Family Violence (DFV) starts with culturally responsive care. For many culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) and immigrant and refugee women, accessing help can mean facing unique barriers and challenges. The urgent call: Help ensure any door a woman experiencing DFV walks through opens into a culturally safe space.

Understanding the Need: We know that “the contexts, nature and dynamics of domestic and family violence differ for culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) groups, and immigrant and refugee women. These groups face additional barriers when accessing support services” (ANROWS, 2019).

Upcoming Training Sessions: Build Your Cultural Responsiveness Community members and sector professionals are invited to join a 3-hour interactive training session in late October and early November. The sessions are designed to help participants build their capacity to provide culturally safe responses to Domestic and Family Violence.

What You’ll Learn:

Through this session, you’ll build your awareness of:

• The diversity and impact of prearrival journeys and settlement experiences, values, attitudes, and beliefs amongst CALD communities.
• Intersectional challenges and barriers to accessing services and supports.
• Practical strategies to engage and support refugee and CALD women who may be experiencing DFV.

Session Details:

• Tuesday 18 November, 1:00pm to 4:00pm Online

Register Your Interest:

We are currently gathering Expressions of Interest for these free sessions via these online forms:

• https://forms.office.com/r/TmvGf5TjvtExpressions
• EOI – Cultural capability workshop: Building our cultural responsiveness together

Collaborative Community Action:

Together with community leaders from diverse cultural communities, representatives from the DFV sector have been meeting to explore what cultural responsiveness in DFV response looks like. This training offers a unique opportunity for participants to be part of this vital conversation—bringing experiences, stories, and ideas.

Event Hosts and Support:

This workshop is hosted by the Family Peace Building Program and Multicultural Australia, and supported by the Queensland Government.

Find Out More:

For further information, please contact Nehal El-Tahir, Project Coordinator: Phone: 0461 412 267 Email: nehalE@mcaus.org.au

Call to Action:

Step up to ensure that every door opens into a culturally safe space for women* experiencing Domestic and Family Violence. Add your voice, enhance your skills, and become a champion of cultural safety.