Working with the Community to Prevent Violence against Women: SESSION 2

This session is part of the 'Working with the Community to Prevent Violence against Women' training series, funded through the Building a Respectful Community Partnership Project.

The training series includes three sessions that aim to increase the capacity of participants to undertake community-based projects for the primary prevention of violence against women.

The three sessions are:

1. Establishing a community-based project to prevent violence against women (6 March)

2. Tailoring preventing violence against women practice to community settings (see below)

3. Developing content for a community-based preventing violence against women project (11 April)

This training is open to staff from organisations in the Building a Respectful Community Partnership and NMR PVAW Committee associate members. A foundational understanding of preventing violence against women is required (or attendance at the ‘Introduction to the Prevention of Violence against Women’ session offered on 21st February). Participants must be familiar with Change the Story and the gendered drivers of violence.

Each event requires a separate registration. It is not required to attend all three sessions, however, they are planned as a sequence that builds on previous sessions.

Session 2: 'Tailoring preventing violence against women practice to community settings'

Date: Thursday, 22 March, 2018

Time: 9.15am (for a 9.30am start) - 1.00pm. Includes morning tea.

Through this half-day training participants will increase their understanding of inclusive prevention practice and how to tailor projects to their community.

This session will cover:

• Assessing community readiness

• Introduction to intersectional and inclusive practice

• Working with interpreters and bicultural workers

• Learning from Aboriginal specialist services.

Guest presenters will include Djirra (formerly Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention and Legal Service Victoria) and Multicultural Centre for Women's Health. More information to come.

For further queries about this training, please contact Monique Bouma on moniqueb@whin.org.au or call 9484 1666.