In this episode, Christine Mathieson, CEO of EDVOS (the specialist family violence service for Melbourne’s eastern region) joins Cube Group Director Tom Craven. EDVOS is a non-government organisation providing a range of services to women, their children and their pets, to help keep them safe from harm and recover from the impacts of trauma and abuse. Together, Christine and Tom discuss the impact of pandemic related lockdowns for people experiencing family violence. 

This episode was recorded on 19th October 2021. 

SHOW NOTES:

This episode's transcript can be accessed here.



You can find out more about EDVOS services here. 



To read the Monash University paper Christine cited in the episode, Responding to the ‘shadow pandemic’: practitioner views on the nature of and responses to violence against women in Victoria, Australia, during the COVID-19 restrictions please click here.