2025 SASVic Annual General Meeting

You're invited to SASVic's 2025 Annual General Meeting, celebrating five years of Victoria's peak body for specialist sexual assault services.

The theme of this year's event is Rights, Recovery, Respect: Grounded in feminist values, driving transformative change.

SASVic CEO Kathleen Maltzhan will be joined by Katrina Bevelander from Ballarat CASA, Margaretha Josephsohn from WestCASA and Dalan Ruru from Ballarat & District Aboriginal Co-operative for a reflective panel discussion. Learn more about our speakers below.

Date: 11 November 2025
Time: 2 - 3pm AEDT
Where: Online

Join the Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87672587206?pwd=46Is6knaOw72sbQTmZUvFc1xtjRA3s.1

Meeting ID: 876 7258 7206

Passcode: 050206

If you have any questions at all, please email contactus@sasvic.org.au

Katrina Bevelander
Katrina Bevelander is a Social Worker and the Manager of the Ballarat Centre Against Sexual Assault, which provides counselling, support and advocacy to people who have experienced sexual assault and treatment to children under the age of 18 engaging in problem sexual behaviours.

Margaretha Josephsohn
Margaretha Josephsohn (she/her) is a social worker, clinical family therapist and accredited EMDR practitioner. She works as a senior practitioner and counsellor-advocate with WestCASA in Werribee, VIC. She has worked for over 20 years in Europe, New Zealand and Australia in corrections, private mental health, community services and private practice.

Dalan Ruru
Dalad Ruru is a certified PACFA Counsellor with 12 years of experience working in ACCHOs and 21 years’ experience in the sector, working at BADAC as Social and Emotional Wellbeing Unit Manager for the past 16 months.

Christine Walker

Christine Walker has a Bachelor'sDegree in Psychology, a Post Graduate Certificate in Counselling and Psychotherapy and is a member of the Australian Counselling Association. Christine has worked as a Counsellor for over 20 years in numerous roles including Generalist, Alcohol and other Drug, Problem Gambling and Family Violence. Christine is currently working as a Sexual Assault Support Counsellor in the Social Emotional Wellbeing Team at Ballarat and District Aboriginal Cooperative.