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Cornelia Program recognised as child protection championCongratulations to the Cornelia Program, joint winner in the 2023 Victorian Protecting Children Awards. The program has been recognised for providing a pathway out of homelessness for pregnant women and their babies.
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Family violence: Providing a pathway to safety and healingThrough generous philanthropy support, Professor Kelsey Hegarty can now focus on new projects to support women affected by family violence.
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Shining a spotlight on social workThis World Social Work Day we’re acknowledging the vital contribution of the Women’s social workers as counsellors, advocates and human rights activists.
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Hospital response to family violence program secures fundsThe innovative ‘Strengthening Hospital Responses to Family Violence’ (SHRFV) program has been extended, thanks to new state government funds.
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Remembering lives lost from family violence in VictoriaOur hospital will light up purple this Wednesday night (5 May) alongside landmarks and monuments in Melbourne and across Victoria to remember the women and children who have died as a result of family violence.
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Campaign puts spotlight on violence against womenThe Royal Women’s Hospital is calling on all Victorians to get behind a global campaign calling for the elimination of violence against women and girls.
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Eighteen hospitals named as participants in state-wide evaluation of response to family violenceThe 18 Victorian hospitals participating in a new project evaluating the state-wide program, Strengthening Hospitals Response to Family Violence, have been announced.
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Charitable grant to support family violence prevention initiativesThe impact of a hospital-based family violence program is the focus of a new research study, thanks to a generous grant from The Collier Charitable Fund.
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The Women’s says NO to violence against womenViolence against women has long been recognised as a health issue. Health professionals are often the first point of contact for women at risk of or who have experienced violence, and they are also at risk themselves.
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Quit smoking style strategy needed for family violenceFamily violence advocate Rosie Batty will today tell the statewide Family Violence Forum that a Quit style strategy is needed to change behaviours in order to end violence against women.
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