DIGNITY, RESPECT & SAFETY
We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and pay our respects to Elders past and present. We acknowledge that the sovereignty of this land was never ceded. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land. We extend our respect to all First Nations peoples across the country and the world.
The perpetration of violence and abuse is a human rights violation.
Globally, Indigenous women face disproportional levels of violence due to past and present colonialisation of their lands and territories and ongoing racism. Women and girls are disproportionately impacted by violence and abuse. People who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer, Asexual+ Sistergirl, Brotherboy (LGBTIQA+SB) are also subjected to violence and abuse. We acknowledge that violence and abuse is not only experienced by individuals, but also by groups of people and populations facing threat, harm and violence on mass. The safety and dignity of individuals and communities is undermined by armed conflict, genocide, organised crime, poverty, disasters, and more.
All people, families and communities are worthy of dignity, respect and safety.
ABOUT INSIGHT EXCHANGE
Insight Exchange centres lived expertise of domestic, family and sexualised violence. It is designed to inform and strengthen social, service and system responses to violence and abuse.
Insight Exchange provides free (donated) information, insights and reflection materials to people in any community, service or system.
Our thanks to every person who has generously shared lived expertise of violence and abuse to inform and strengthen social, service and systemic responses.
We acknowledge that despite our best efforts to listen to lived experiences of violence and abuse, we can never fully understand all that a person’s experiences mean to them now or through their life. We understand that lived and living experiences can never be fully represented in language or any other form.
The insights revealed in Insight Exchange materials are not representative of all people, families or communities. The use of gendered terms reflect the descriptions directly used in the insights featured.
Strategic Framework
Open the Strategic Framework 2025 – 2030 which sets the context, stance, priorities and initiatives of Insight Exchange.
Updates
When new information, initiatives or insights are available these will be introduced through the Insight Exchange updates.
Using Insight Exchange
Explore the guidance about Using Insight Exchange. Thankyou for your commitment to preserve the integrity of this work.
Contact Us
We invite you to complete the Contact Us form to request to receive our Insight Exchange Updates, to ask a question, or something else.
Engagement Reporting
Read about our 'Engagement Reporting' is designed to share with participants and the public a picture of responses to the lived experience insights and materials.
Meet the Team
Meet the Insight Exchange team. Our enduring thanks to each person who has generously been involved in different chapters of the work.
Creating Collectively
We are creating collectively through continuous listening and responding. Explore the Creating Collectively series.
Archiving
Read about our approach to and records of archiving events, initiatives, publications and videos. Note: Archived materials are no longer accessible via the website or video channels nor are they available on request.
Questions about and responses to Insight Exchange are always welcome across the year. Explore more about how to share responses or use the contact us page.
Insight Exchange has been established, developed and is governed by Domestic Violence Service Management (DVSM) a registered charity (ABN 26 165 400 635) with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) and has Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) status with the Australian Tax Office. Donations over $2 are tax deductible and a receipt is emailed to donors. All donations are non-refundable.
"We are proud to support the incredible work of Insight Exchange. The work both honours the voices of people with lived experience of domestic and family violence and provides extensive reach of accessible resources and knowledge to all parts of our society. By donating to Insight Exchange we hope to make a difference in how we understand and respond to violence in the world. We liken the work against violence to the vast and urgent priority of climate change." [Silent Donor]