Stopping Family Violence and the Centre for Women’s Safety and Wellbeing are pleased to announce the 2021 FDV Conference: Bringing Children and Young People into View, strengthening policy and practice responses for children and young people experiencing family, domestic and sexual violence.

Building on key themes from the 2019 Intersectionalities in Domestic Violence Conference, the 2021 FDV Conference: Bringing Children and Young People into View will provide an opportunity to focus our conversations on the impact of family, domestic and sexual violence on children and young people.

It is increasingly understood that children and young people can be affected by family, domestic and sexual violence in a range of ways which may be independent of their affected parent, and their needs can be different to those of adults. At times, children and young people’s needs have been overlooked or conceived as secondary to those of adults when strategies and responses have been put in place to address family, domestic and sexual violence.

The purpose of the FDV Conference is to strengthen our understanding of children and young people’s experiences and needs, and to consider the responses we can put in place to support their safety, health and wellbeing and improve their opportunities.

This Conference will feature presentations from key family, domestic and sexual violence practitioners, researchers, and policy makers across a range of disciplines to critically examine, discuss and explore how we can better respond, implement change, and improve the lives of those most vulnerable.

We invite you to be part of this unique conference as we bring together the community in support of children and young people experiencing family, domestic and sexual violence.