Foundations of Primary Prevention of Violence against Women

2 x Half-Day Workshops

Men's violence against women is a serious, widespread, and growing problem in Western Australia. In fact, WA now receives the second highest number of incident reports, of all Australian states, of men using violence against women; an increase of 30% over the past 5 years (WA Police). However, there are simple steps we can ALL take to prevent it.

Preventing Violence Together (PVT) invites you to learn about how you can play your part in ending men's violence against women by attending one of our upcoming Foundations of Primary Prevention of Violence Against Women workshops.

About this training

This training is based on the Australian national Change the Story framework for preventing violence against women, developed by Our Watch. It includes a range of interactive activities and resources.

Over two half days, Foundations of Primary Prevention of Violence against Women will provide participants with an introduction to:

a primary prevention approach to addressing the underlying drivers of violence against women
the four gendered drivers of violence against women
other factors that impact the prevalence and severity of violence against women
essential actions to challenge drivers of violence against women
actions that individuals and organisations can take to prevent violence against women
managing resistance at the individual and organisational level
embedding strategies for wellbeing and sustainability.

Workshop details

Date/Times:

Part A: Tuesday 20th February, 1:00 - 4:30pm
Part B: Tuesday 27th February, 1:00 - 4:30pm

Venue: Conference Room, City West Lotteries House, 2 Delhi St, West Perth

Cost: $80. Includes participant workbook and afternoon tea.

Places are limited, booking secured upon payment.

Contact: Alicia Gibbs, Preventing Violence Together, alicia@pvt.org.au

Workshop facilitators

Alicia Gibbs / Preventing Violence Together

Alicia Gibbs is a social worker who is committed to tackling the underlying causes of inequality and gender-based violence. She is the Manager of Preventing Violence Together, a joint initiative of the Centre for Women’s Safety and Wellbeing and Stopping Family Violence working to build the capacity of the primary prevention sector in Western Australia. Alicia is leading the development of Western Australia’s first primary prevention of violence against women practice and workforce capability framework.

Karen Binning / Preventing Violence Together

Karen Binning has a background in gender equality work within organisational development and human resources roles in the private, tertiary and government sectors. She is a facilitator of Griffith University’s MATE (Motivating Action Through Empowerment) Bystander programs and AUSMASA’s (Australian Mining and Automotive Skills Alliance) Building Safe and Respectful Workplaces courses. Karen also specialises in wellbeing training and is an accredited workplace Mindfulness facilitator with the Oxford University Centre for Mindfulness.