Watch: Empowering Women Talk
Catch up on 'Empowering Women', a Zoom panel talk including authors Susie Allanson and Lizzie O’Shea, Hugh de Kretser (CEO, Human Rights Law Centre) and moderator Santilla Chingaipe.
17th September, 21 Read more
Equals Now—Share the Load, Share the Power, Share the Benefits: A Keynote
The full keynote address given by Mary Crooks AO, Executive Director of the Victorian Women’s Trust, to the Equals Now Symposium, Canberra 16 June 2021.
24th June, 21 Read more
A message to journalists reporting on violence
"I’ve been writing about the erasure of men’s violence against women in the media for over a decade now. I’ve written articles, started the FixedIt social media campaign, studied it university and written a book about it. So, I guess by now you could almost call it an obsession."
8th April, 21 Read more
Reflections on Coercive Control
Megan Rosato reflects on 'Love, Power and Control' webinar series, featuring experts from the UK and Australia discussing the implications of criminalising coercive control.
7th April, 21 Read more
Watch | Town Hall panel: Can gender equality be achieved without reforming early childhood education?
“The pandemic exposed some really good sides to this country, but it exposed some real weaknesses. And one of them is our childcare system.” - Mary Crooks On Thursday the 18th of March, Mary Crooks AO (executive director, Victorian Women’s Trust) moderated a virtual town hall event on early learning reform, hosted by the Victorian Women’s Trust in partnership with Thrive By Five. Together with panellists Fiona Stanley (child and public health researcher); Christina Hobbs (co-founder & CEO, Verve Super); and Rana Hussain (diversity and inclusion consultant); they discussed how we...
7th April, 21 Read more
Watch | Love, Power & Control Part One & Two with Jess Hill
Love, Power and Control was a two part webinar series on coercive control, hosted by the Victorian Women’s Trust and moderated by Jess Hill.
24th February, 21 Read more
Transcript | Love, Power & Control Part Two: The Australian Context
Love, Power and Control was a two part webinar series on coercive control, hosted by the Victorian Women’s Trust. Read the transcript from part one.
24th February, 21 Read more
Transcript | Love, Power & Control Part One: Perspectives from the UK
Love, Power and Control was a two part webinar series on coercive control, hosted by the Victorian Women’s Trust. Read the transcript from part one.
24th February, 21 Read more
Why coercive controlling behaviours need to be understood and named
"It is not just about the episodic physical violence, as seen in assault victims. It is more fundamental. It is essentially entrapment of the victim, a condition that is produced by prolonged entwining of physical violence with coercive controlling behaviours.."
4th February, 21 Read more
VWT Events Round-Up 2020
Kick back and watch (or re-watch) these epic conversations.
9th December, 20 Read more