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Media Release: Specialist sexual assault services struggling to respond to increasing survivor need – and the calls from schools, health services, residential aged care and other community services looking for answers

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Any party looking to form government in Victoria this November must commit to increasing funding for specialist sexual assault services says SASVic, the peak body for specialist sexual assault and harmful sexual behaviour services. SASVic CEO Kathleen Maltzahn says, ‘Sexual assault workers, wherever they go, make a profound difference in people’s lives. But services are […]

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Is it ever OK to disclose to a client your own experience of sexual violence? Interview with PhD candidate, Hannah McEniery

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It’s not a secret that many practitioners in the specialist sexual assault sector are, themselves, survivors of sexual violence. But is it ever OK to disclose that to a client? And if you do share that information about yourself as a practitioner, how can it be done safely? RMIT University PhD candidate Hannah McEniery is

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Team CAV: How one of SASVic’s members became a force at the Wangaratta Marathon

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At the Wangaratta Marathon and Fun Run in March, hundreds of participants are expected to don t-shirts with the name of their local family and sexual violence service, Centre Against Violence, or “CAV”. Team CAV started four years ago when CAV and the Wangaratta Rovers Football club partnered to make a joint statement against gender-based

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Learning from our colleagues overseas: SASVic study tour

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In 2024, SASVic members and other colleagues began an overseas study tour to learn from specialist sexual violence practitioners and leaders, survivors, academics, government officials, police and others’ overseas. In anticipation of the tour, Kathleen Maltzahn, SASVic CEO provided her reflections on sexual violence and the obligation to offer the best service we can to

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