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This report documents the findings from a national consultation, led by Our Watch, which involved a breadth of multicultural sector stakeholder groups.
The aim of the consultation was to raise awareness of the project, test Our Watch’s emerging ideas, further define the project’s purpose and scope, and build important connections that will support project delivery.
We heard from multicultural organisations and those who work to prevent violence against women from migrant and refugee backgrounds about how prevention work across Australia can better reflect the needs of multicultural communities.
Snapshot: Preventing violence against women from migrant and refugee backgrounds consultation report
Primary prevention work in multicultural communities needs to address systemic racism and discrimination alongside gender inequality to achieve this vision and meet the needs of communities. This project builds on existing primary prevention approaches to ensure they are responsive and reflect the needs of people from migrant and refugee backgrounds.
This includes developing a better understanding of the compounding forms of oppression faced by women from migrant and refugee backgrounds, including racism, sexism and the particular forms of oppression faced by refugee and migrant background women. These layers of discrimination intersect to drive increased levels of violence against women from these groups that is both gendered and racialised.
Preventing violence against women from migrant and refugee backgrounds: Consultation findings report
The insights from this consultation will inform and strengthen Our Watch’s project to prevent violence against women from migrant and refugee backgrounds. This project will run until the end of 2026 and is funded by the Department of Social Services through the 2nd National Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children 2022–2032.
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