Principal speaker
Dr Emily Wright
Other speakers
Lenny Dahlen; Elena Marchetti
An investigation of how services and systems can respond more directly to the healing needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander fathers and boys to mitigate against the risks associated with exposure to domestic, family and sexual violence (DFSV) found that a knowledge gap exists. While women and girls are overwhelmingly the majority of DFSV victims, many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young boys have also been victims of DFSV in childhood. For many of these boys, the first time they receive any response to their experiences of DFSV is when they present as people using violence. This project aims to identify the healing and system needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men and boys who have experienced or perpetrated DFSV, to determine healing pathways and effective service responses through an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural lens. The presentation will explain how utilising an action research methodology, drawing on the principles and processes of Aboriginal Participatory Action Research was essential in engaging and working with organisations to conceptualise, design and test new approaches to improving healing and system needs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men and boys.
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