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Launch of 'From the Margins to the Mainstream' by Domestic Violence VIC

Join us for the launch of From the Margins to the Mainstream: The Domestic Violence Service Movement in Victoria, Australia, 1974-2016, with special guest, Hon Kay Setches former Minister for Community Services (1990-1992) and Child Care (1991-1992).

This event follows the Domestic Violence Victoria Annual General Meeting.

Free entry. Light refreshments will be served at 11:30am.

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Dr Judith Smart is Adjunct Professor at RMIT University. She has published on 20th century Australian women’s organisations, as well as on women and political protest, particularly during World War I.

Dr Jacqui Theobald is a lecturer in social work and social policy at La Trobe University Bendigo in the La Trobe Rural Health School. Jacqui has published on the history of Victorian domestic violence services, homelessness and violence against young women.

Associate Professor Suellen Murray is the Deputy Dean Research and Innovation in the School of Global, Urban and Social Studies at RMIT University. Suellen has specialised in research regarding violence against women and its related policy and practice responses.

  • When Wed 15 November at 11:30AM
  • Where The Wheeler Centre, Melbourne, VIC
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