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For far too long, children and young people have been the invisible victims of family violence: their experiences often relegated to the shadows, as silent witnesses. However, there is an urgent need to recognise that children don’t just witness family violence, they experience it too.

The integrated practice model is at the heart of our work, prioritising safety for victim survivors, alongside visibility and accountability for people who use violence.

This Friday, 13 June 2025 the Loddon Consortium for Gender Equality and Violence Prevention will officially launch its 3-year Strategic Plan.

Reconciliation is a journey of many steps, taken individually and together each day. At CNV, we have been taking small but intentional steps on this path for some time.

Coercive control is a repeated pattern of abusive, manipulating and intimidating behaviours and almost always underpins the dynamics of family and domestic violence.

The UN Commission for the Status of Women (CSW) was established in 1946, and is the primary international body dedicated to the promotion of gender equality, and the rights and the empowerment of women.

The Loddon Consortium for Gender Equality & Violence Prevention (the Consortium) is holding a candlelight vigil on National Domestic Violence Remembrance Day, Wednesday 7 May 2025.

CNV faces ongoing funding uncertainty through time-limited funding for some critical programs and services, and without the required investment needed to respond to all people who require support.

International Women’s Day 2025: A year to demand change and reclaim our future.

A statement by the Loddon Consortium for Gender Equality and Violence Prevention to demand the protection of our human rights.

Rural and Regional Victorian communities are experiencing increased rates of family violence incidents. The recent Victorian Crime Statistics for the year ending 2023-2024 paint a clear, yet sobering picture: our communities are in crisis.

Our dedicated, specialist staff are working tirelessly to support families in our region to live a life free from family violence. Yet more needs to be done. We cannot do this without greater investment into frontline specialist services.

2024 is proving to be another deadly year for women in Australia. The Centre for Non-Violence and ARC Justice are calling for an end to men’s violence against women, children and diverse communities.

As a not-for-profit organisation working in family violence prevention and crisis support, CNV holds grave concerns for the safety and wellbeing of all Palestinians in Gaza, and especially for the women and children and diverse communities.

As not-for-profit organisations working in the Greater Bendigo area, we are deeply saddened to learn of the tragic passing of one of our community members, Logee (Analyn) Osias.

CNV is deeply concerned with the ongoing, and far-reaching impacts that a lack of affordable and safe housing is having on communities, including the impacts on our staff when trying to support families seeking a life free from violence.

CNV CEO Margaret Augerinos has joined with the CEOs of five other Central Victorian organisations to pen a letter in regard to the 2023 referendum.

On 4 August, CNV contributed to the Inquiry on the worsening rental crisis in Australia.

CNV has partnered with La Trobe University to conduct a research project about the lived experience of delivering and receiving services during the COVID-19 pandemic.

CNV welcomes proposed amendments to the Family Law Amendment Bill 2023, which aims to better recognise and respond to the impacts of family violence.