A series of plays performed across the western suburbs has highlighted family violence.
A WEstjustice (formerly known as the Western Community Legal Centre) initiative, five different plays were performed at 20 different locations as part of its November No Violence campaign.
Alice McBurney, a lawyer with WEstjustice’s refugee legal services, said the plays were performed to help members of different community groups to understand different kinds of family violence.
“They covered physical abuse, threatening, controlling behaviour and psychological abuse,” she said.
A play was performed on Friday to an audience of newly arrived people from refugee backgrounds, including Kareni, Egyptian, Ethiopian and Sudanese, at The New Hope Foundation – an organisation that provides settlement, welfare, advocacy and support for migrants and refugees.
It was the story of a woman whose husband demonstrated controlling behaviour. If she left the home or did anything he disagreed with, he threatened cancellation of her visa.
Each of the plays was performed by an actor and a representative from WEstjustice.
