In 2022 Women’s Legal Service Victoria and Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre published research exploring the lived experience of mothers seeking reunification with their children within the Victorian child protection system. All of the mothers that participated in this study were victim/survivors of family violence.
Our Research Report, Stronger Together, offers new insights into the barriers to reunification and supports needed to enable children to be safely restored to the care of their family. Aligning with the Victorian Government’s commitment to transformational change, the Report provides 18 recommendations to support the child protection system in shifting towards a collaborative, strengths-based and gender-informed approach that promotes the wellbeing and safety of children.
You can read the final report here.