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Ash Vishwanath from the Victim Survivors’ Advisory Council (VSAC). Ash joined the Victim Survivors’ Advisory Council to bring the voices of women of colour to the council and to share her experience about the additional layers of oppression facing women from multicultural communities. Ash strongly believes that violence against women and children is not a part of her culture or any other culture.
Originally from India, Ash has a keen interest in advocacy, education and intersectional feminism. She has experience working with LGBTIQA+ and multicultural communities in the context of family and intimate partner violence.
She was involved in co-designing and training community leaders in the Wyndham City area of Melbourne as part of her work on the ‘Ready Steady Together’ primary prevention program to address family violence among multicultural communities. Formed in July 2016, VSAC represents the lived experiences of people of different ages, genders, demographics and communities across Victoria. The Victim Survivors’ Advisory Council was created to give people with lived experience of family violence a voice and ensure they are consulted in the family violence reform program.
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