Sisters in Crime Australia is again proud to join forces with the Sir Zelman Cowen Centre, Victoria University, to present its 17th Law Week event.
Venue: Sir Zelman Cowen Centre, Victoria University, Queen Street Campus, Lecture Theatre G02, 295 Queen Street, Melbourne (enter from Little Londsale). Venue accessible.
We know the terrible (and terrifying) facts – one woman a week dies in Australia as a result ‘intimate partner violence’. We know that since the age of 15, one in four women has experienced physical or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner. We know that almost 10 women a day are hospitalised for assault injuries perpetrated by a spouse or domestic partner.
How do we stop men from behaving badly in the first place? How do we mobilise for change?
Panel:
Elena Campbell is a lawyer, consultant, and researcher who has worked in legal and social policy for nearly 25 years. With expertise in therapeutic justice, equal opportunity, human rights, and gendered violence, Elena oversees a program of research at the Centre for Innovative Justice at RMIT University which predominantly focuses on domestic, family and sexual violence, and the relationship of trauma to people’s contact with the criminal justice system.
Ahona Guha is a clinical and forensic psychologist with extensive experience in working with those who perpetrate harm — including stalkers, sex offenders, violent offenders, and those who threaten, bully, and harass. Ahona has just published Reclaim: Understanding complex trauma and those who abuse (Scribe Publishing). Her work has appeared in The Age, The Guardian, The Saturday Paper, Breathe Magazine, SBS, and on the ABC.
Sherele Moody is an anti-violence advocate, staunch feminist, and an award-winning journalist. Her speciality is writing on violence against women and children, with her articles generating discussion, challenging myths and misconceptions and igniting debate on the complex and highly emotive subjects of gendered violence, misogyny, sexism, and toxic masculinity. Her projects include Australian Femicide Watch. Her work has been recognised with a Walkley Our Watch, multiple Clarions, a SOPA award, and multiple Women in Media awards.
Bronwyn Naylor is Professor of Law in the Graduate School of Business and Law, RMIT University and has degrees in law and criminology. She has been teaching, researching and publishing in criminal law, law and gender, and human rights for around 30 years. She has worked with Law Reform Commissions on reforms to homicide laws and sexual offences, and has published extensively in these areas, including on defences to intimate partner homicides. She received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in 2022.
Men or ‘brothers-in-law’ welcome.
Book here: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/17th-law-week-event-boys-behaving-badly-and-what-to-do-about-it-tickets-597366678817?aff=erelexpmlt