Domestic Violence Practitioners innovating, poetry & Aboriginal Health

Wednesday, 29 July 2020 - 7:00am to 8:30am

Hello & Acknowledgment

 

[22:09] The Covid-19 Pandemic has exacerbated the scale and severity of domestic violence. To help us understand the shadow pandemic, we are joined by Naomi Pfitzner, Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre at Monash University. She discusses how support providers are innovating in service delivery and how governments can provide more effective support.

 

[33:08] Following on from last week’s Tram Thought, we read and discuss three different poems. Poems featured:

It Comes Unadorned – Toni Morrison

The Guest House

Those Winter Sundays, By Robert Hayden

 

[1:05:44] Lesley the CEO of South West Aboriginal Medical Service – in Western Australia discussing  COVID19 and community response as well as the success of an Aboriginal-led health response.