Preventing violence against women: Engaging men from culturally and linguistically diverse communities
About this webinar
This webinar is being promoted using the umbrella term ‘culturally and linguistically diverse’ or CALD. We recognise that this term is widely used across the child and family sector as a shorthand, but it can obscure the diversity of people’s identities, cultures, languages, migration pathways and experiences.
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.
The work of CFCA is funded by the Department of Social Services.
Presenters
Anu Krishnan leads the Prevention of Violence Against Women (PVAW) programs at the Adult Multicultural Education Service (AMES) Australia. With over 25 years’ experience working across the complex intersections between gender, culture and family violence, Anu brings a nuanced understanding of gender equity and its profound influence on attitudes towards women. Over her career, Anu has worked in senior roles within family violence, mental health and community development across Australia and overseas. In her volunteer and community roles, she continues to raise awareness for women’s safety within multicultural communities. As a leading voice for primary prevention of gender-based violence, Anu has been recognised in the 2019 Victorian Multicultural Awards.
AMES has a 70-year history of supporting refugees, humanitarian entrants and migrants to Australia and has delivered high-quality services that empower individuals to build meaningful lives here. Preventing Violence against Women and Children is a key aspect of focus for AMES, recognising that Primary Prevention is a vital tool in ending gender-based violence in our lifetime.
Jun Bin Lee is a Melbourne-based Creative worker of Malaysian-Chinese heritage, working across video, animation, and theatre. Holding a Master's in Development Studies with a focus on community development, Jun Bin collaborates with researchers, social workers, advocacy groups, and historians to create educational projects for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities. As Co-founder and Project Lead of Vos Kita - a creative storytelling collective focused on social and public health issues - Jun Bin has worked with organisations including AMES Australia and South East Community Links (SECL) to develop family violence prevention content across languages including Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese, Hindi, Dari, Pashto, and Hazaragi.
Tarang Chawla is an award-winning keynote speaker, writer, advocate and recovering lawyer.
Tarang serves as Commissioner at the Victorian Multicultural Commission where he works to bring the voices and lived experiences of culturally diverse people to policymakers. He is also 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 The University of Melbourne and Monash University where he teaches across the School of Sociology and Social Sciences, Politics and International Relations, and the Centre for Media, Film and Journalism.
Facilitator
Anagha is a Senior Research Officer at the Australian Institute of Family Studies. Anagha has recently led a rapid review on what works when engaging young people on gender norms and masculinities. Her other areas of research include adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and violence use, child mental health in culturally and linguistically diverse communities and screen time. Anagha is passionate about translating evidence into practice across the child, family and welfare sector. She facilitates greater impact through stakeholder engagement between research, government and non-for-profit organisations. Anagha has a clinical and program implementation background, with experience working with diverse communities in Australia and internationally.
9 June 2026, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm (AEST)
Anu Krishnan, Jun Bin Lee, Tarang Chawla, Anagha Joshi
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