Ending gender-based violence is a national priority. Historically, women and women’s organisations have done the majority of the work in this space. However, more recently, the focus has shifted to engaging men and boys – emphasising the role they can play as allies and advocates.

The National Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children 2022–2032 highlights that engagement from men and boys is critical – particularly in the development of positive masculinities as a prevention approach.

However, current research on the topic does not reflect the cultural and linguistic diversity of Australia’s population and the experiences of these communities.

Many service providers and practitioners work with clients that come from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Understanding how to tailor programs and engage men from these communities is critical to ending violence against women.

This webinar will bring together research, practice and lived experience to explore what meaningful engagement with men looks like and important considerations to support engagement with men from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

This webinar will give you:

• an understanding of some of the drivers of violence in culturally and linguistically diverse communities and how they may differ across different cultural contexts
• examples of good practice when engaging and working with men from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
• insight into how to have respectful conversations with culturally and linguistically diverse men, women and families.

Target audience

This webinar will be of interest to health, social and community service professionals that work with adults, children or families.