SPEAKERS

Ludo has worked on the issue of domestic violence since joining the Elsie collective in 1978. As the first WESNET Chair she advocated for policy to enable women and children to stay safely in their homes, and piloted the first scheme in NSW. Her research on older women revealed the link between homelessness and falling out of work. With trade unions she developed paid domestic violence leave, legislated for all workers by the the Labor Government in 2022 as an amendment to the Fair Work Act. Her work with the international Labour Organisation contributed to the inclusion of domestic violence in a new international labour standard against violence.