07/09/2026
🌏 Cultural Conversations: Understanding the Journey Behind the Person
Last year, we had the opportunity to provide Cultural Competency Training to family violence and sexual violence practitioners across the Ballarat and Ararat regions.
This year, we wanted to continue that learning journey by creating a space to explore some of the specific cultural issues practitioners may encounter when supporting migrant and multicultural victim survivors.
Since July, the BRMC FV/SV Project Team, together with our Cultural Competency Training team, has been delivering a series of online Cultural Conversations.
So far, we have explored:
🔹 Visa circumstances and how they can impact victim survivors
🔹 Shame, honour, silence and barriers to disclosure
On 15 September, our next conversation will explore Gender Norms and Expectations, with two more conversations to follow in October and November.
https://events.humanitix.com/cultural-conversations-for-fv-sv-service-providers-gender-norms-and-expectations
🌱 These conversations are not about having all the answers.
They are about creating space to learn, reflect and better understand how culture, migration experiences, family expectations and other circumstances can shape a person's experience of family and sexual violence and their pathway to seeking support.
For us, understanding the unique journey of migrant and multicultural clients is so important.
When we understand more about the journey behind the person, we can also begin to see their situation differently and think more carefully about how we engage, plan and provide services in culturally responsive and safe ways.
🤝 We sincerely hope these Cultural Conversations can offer something practical and meaningful to practitioners working alongside migrant and multicultural communities.
And a heartfelt thank you to everyone who continues to make time in their busy schedules to join these conversations, share their perspectives and learn together.
There is always more for us to learn.
💛 We hope we can continue these conversations and strengthen the way we work together to support migrant and multicultural victim survivors with greater understanding, safety and respect.
