Ending Coercive Control & Family Violence Conference WA

Understand, interrupt & innovate responses to coercive control

This conference is designed to deepen our collective understanding of coercive control in all its forms. We’ll explore its insidious nature and devastating impacts on individuals, families, and communities, grasp the nuanced realities, and invest in our capacity to drive change and keep women and children safe. 

Through lived experience, expert insight, and collaborative discussion, this summit will enhance practice responses which identify, respond to, and ultimately prevent coercive control. The program tackles critical areas such as legal frameworks, technological abuse, economic impact, and the distinct challenges faced by First Nations communities and children. We’ll also address the crucial need for systemic change and self-care for those working in this challenging field.

Join us to drive meaningful progress in safeguarding those at risk.

What’s new in 2025?

• A deeper focus on how coercive control is experienced, including a lived experience reflection, expert context on children and coercive control, and a deeper dive into the drivers for coercion and control
• For the first time in WA, an intensive workshop that explores practice possibilities for responding to intimate partner homicide facilitated by ShantiWorks
• Recent update and Australian-wide context on how tech-facilitated abuse is positioned as a rapidly growing and serious concern
• Learn from the recently released study by the Australian Institute of Family Studies ‘Use of Intimate Partner Violence among Australian Men’ 

Who will attend

Relevant for representatives from the NGO Community, ACCOs, Government, Police & Justice sectors, with roles & responsibilities including:

• Family & Domestic Violence Services
• Intimate Partner & Sexual Assault Services
• Women’s Services, Shelters & Refuges
• Children’s Services & Child Protection
• Men’s Behaviour Change
• CALD, Refugee, Migrant & Immigration Services
• Alcohol & Other Drugs
• Legislative Change & Reform of Family Law
• Healing, Recovery, & Therapeutic Services