In this month's Te Oranga e Rikoriko Ai / Shining the Light on Gambling Harm wānanga, we will hear from Jo Robertson from The Light Project.

Online sexual content and porn is a reality for many young people in Aotearoa, shaping youth sexual culture in new and diverse ways. The Light Project provides evidence based professional development workshops for health professionals, with information, tools and strategies on understanding the new porn landscape, positively engaging and equipping young people, and responding effectively to porn related concerns.

Who should attend: Any health professionals working in youth health, sexual health, sexual violence prevention, family violence, school or tertiary health, or mental health.

Key Topics Covered:
• Understanding the new online sexual landscape: Emerging platforms, the porn industry, content, messaging and trends, porn and diverse sexual behaviours (rough sex and choking), nudes, revenge porn.
• NZ young people and porn: NZ research on youth usage, beliefs, attitudes and experiences, vulnerable groups.
• Potential impacts of porn: Porn and sexual attitudes and behaviours, sexual violence, sexual wellbeing, mental health.
• Effectively engaging young people: Guiding principles for preparing for and engaging in shame free and helpful porn conversations.
• Equipping young people: Building critical thinking and resiliency through an ‘ethical sexual citizenship’ approach, conversation tools and frameworks.
• Responding well to porn related concerns: Frameworks for assessing porn related issues and concerns, HEeADSSS, tools and strategies for porn related harm and problematic usage, NZ support services.

Tools available from The Light Project:
www.thelightproject.co.nz (Adults)
www.intheknow.co.nz (Youth)
Resource Kit for Health Professionals https://thelightproject.co.nz/...

Contact the host of Porn and Youth in Aotearoa - Te Oranga e Rikoriko Ai

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