Join us as we explore CARE Partner case studies and unpack key findings from the Willing, Capable and Confident- Men, Masculinities and the Prevention of Violence Against Women report with Tarang Chawla and other leading violence prevention experts, including Hazel Donley (Respect Victoria) and Dr Innocent Mwatsiya (La Trobe University).

In this 2-hour online, forum we will:

Hear from CARE Partners as they present local case study examples of navigating community engagement (and resistance) and promoting staff engagement to activate Gender Equality Action Plans.

Share key learnings from the 2023/2024 annual CARE Partner survey results.

Explore Respect Vic’s Willing Capable and Confident report as a tool to reframe the Manbox statistics and reflect on men and boy's roles as gender equality advocates.

The CARE Forum brings CARE partners and allies together to share knowledge, skills, and collective approaches to ending violence against women in the Loddon Mallee.

Speaker Bios:

Tarang Chawla

Tarang Chawla is a speaker, writer and recovering lawyer who serves as Commissioner at the Victorian Multicultural Commission and is the co-founder of Not One More Niki, a grassroots non-profit working to end men’s violence against women named in memory of his younger sister, Nikita, who was murdered by her partner in 2015.

Tarang is also a sessional academic at Monash University. He wrote, produced and hosted the acclaimed podcast There's No Place Like Home, and advised both state and federal governments on family violence reform and effectively engaging men in gender equality.

Hazel Donley

Hazel Donley (she/her) is a Senior Advisor of Research and Translation at Respect Victoria. Hazel has worked across several projects investigating men’s experiences of social pressures to conform to masculine norms and what this means for the prevention of gender-based violence, including The Man Box 2024 study and Willing, capable and confident: men, masculinities and the prevention of violence against women. She is currently leading research exploring how to conceptualise the role of social media algorithms and online misogyny in young people’s perpetration of gender-based violence, with a focus on AI-generated image-based abuse.

Dr Innocent Mwatsiya

Dr Innocent Mwatsiya is a Research Fellow with the Reducing Gender-Based Violence Research Group, at the Violet Vines Marshman Centre for Rural Health Research in the La Trobe Rural Health School. Innocent is currently conducting research in the Partners in Prevention of Sexual Violence project, which received funding from the Federal Government to evaluate community-led primary and secondary prevention of sexual violence interventions across Australia.

Agenda:

10.30 - 10:40	Acknowledgement of Country CARE Partner Annual survey snapshot – what did we learn?
10:40 – 11:20	CARE shares – local case studies from CARE Partners Macedon Ranges Shire Council, and City of Greater Bendigo with a chance for Q & A with Lisa and Felicity afterwards: CASE STUDY ONE: Led by Lisa Richards from Macedon Ranges Shire Council CASE STUDY TWO: Led by Felicity Beissmann from City of Greater Bendigo
11.20 - 11.30	Short Break
11.30 - 12.20	Hazel Donley from Respect Victoria will walk us through the key findings of the report Willing Capable and Confident; Men, masculinities and the primary prevention of violence against women. Interactive panel discussion, led by Tarang Chawla, alongside experts Dr Innocent Mwatsiya and Hazel Donley to explore ways to apply the key findings to our work.
12.20 - 12.30	Evaluation and next steps