Ethnic Community Council of Queensland prevention of Domestic Violence

Brisbane,April 27 (MCCQ News Desk, ECCQ Media Release, message from CEO)

The month of May, is recognised as the Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Month. ECCQ through its various programs including the Women’s Ethnic Network group raises awareness of the impact on individuals and their families because of domestic violence through their workshops and the support services available.

Violence by an intimate partner continues to gain increasing attention in the media and by governments.

One woman a week and one man a month in Australia dies due to domestic and family violence. But we all need to do more. By 23 April 2024, 28 women in Australia have died due to gender-based violence.

Further, domestic violence continues to be a primary catalyst for homelessness, particularly impacting women and children. No individual should ever be forced to endure violence in their home to ensure shelter for their children. Yet, alarmingly, countless families in Queensland find themselves grappling with this reality, or worse, have been thrust into homelessness due to the unsafe conditions within their own homes.

This must stop. We must all do what we can to put an end to this crisis. The theme for 2024 is It’s in our control to end coercive control.

At ECCQ we have prioritized our efforts on education, advocacy and empowering multicultural women on their rights, responsibilities, and how and where to access culturally safe services. Last weekend our Women’s Ethnic Network held a workshop on empowering women with narrative practice tools. On the 8th of June the Network will hold a workshop to connect DFV service providers to members and will later produce a sharable resource. You can learn more and join WEN by clicking here.

ECCQ was pleased to welcome the Queensland Government’s strengthened laws to address the patterned nature of coercive control and I encourage all of us to work collectively to improve gender inequality and engrained harmful attitudes and behaviours towards women knowing that they are key drivers of domestic and family violence.

WEN hosted a workshop “Reshaping Your Story” Narrative Therapy

Brisbane,April 27 (MCCQ News Desk, ECCQ Media Release, message from Convenors)

Our Women’s Ethnic Network hosted the workshop “Reshaping Your Story”, about narrative therapy and community work approach. The aim was to inform and train community leaders on how to identify and respond to Domestic Family Violence, including coercive control, in a safe and collaborative environment. Around 20 women, WEN members and their friends, actively participated in the event, facilitated by Leanne Levinge, narrative therapist.

WEN’s upcoming workshop will be on 8 June at Queensland Multiculture Center, and it will be about service providers and the support that they give on Domestic Family Violence. Stay tuned for more details to be announced soon!

Vietnamese community learns more about aged care services in their own homes, a in-homecare services for their loved ones

Brisbane,April 27 (MCCQ News Desk, ECCQ Media Release) https://eccq.com.au/vietnamesecommunity-learns-more-aboutaged-care-services-in-their-ownhomes/

It’s well known that people from multicultural communities, fear growing old in Australia, especially when their adult children are too busy with work to take adequate care of them, and aged care services are unfamiliar.

ECCQ’s Partners in Culturally Appropriate Care (PICAC) program has been working with the Vietnamese community in Inala for eight years to provide information in Vietnamese language on ageing and services to support older people.

Learning about home care options helps older people make informed choices about their future. The Vietnamese Seniors have requested “more meetings in the future please”!

If your community would also like an aged care information event in your language, please contact Jenny and Amanda, picac@eccq.com.au or visit our page.

On 16 April, ECCQ’s Home Care division, Diversicare, joined PICAC to clarify how to get aged care services at home. Diversicare’s Dustin Hopkins and Cuong Hoang spoke to over 50 Seniors to take them through the steps to apply for in-home care.