Shifting Power: Inclusive Facilitation

About this 2 day workshop

Facilitating groups that challenge inequality and shift power is both an art and a skill. In an increasingly divisive world, effective communication skills are essential to bridge difference, hold complexity, and create spaces where all voices can be heard.

This interactive two-day workshop, co-designed and co-facilitated by Women's Health in the South East (WHISE) and the Groupwork Centre, will give you the tools, techniques, and confidence to create truly inclusive spaces, where all voices are heard and meaningful change can happen.

Together, we’ll build on existing knowledge and learn from each other’s experiences in the field, recognising the wisdom and practice that participants bring to the room.

You’ll strengthen your ability to apply Gender Transformative Practice, use an intersectional lens in real time, and navigate the complexities of group dynamics in pursuit of equity and social justice.

Who this is for

• Gender equity & health promotion practitioners

• Women’s health and wellbeing professionals

• Equity and social change advocates

• Anyone facilitating groups that work for fairness, safety, and inclusion

What you’ll learn

By the end of this workshop, you will:

• Facilitate equitably to shift and equalise power in groups

• Deepen your understanding of gender transformative practice

• Sharpen your intersectional lens and recognise how power and privilege show up in groups

• Create safety and inclusivity, ensuring all voices can contribute

• Respond effectively to backlash and resistance in social change work

• Lead courageous conversations and navigate challenging dynamics

• Commit to Radical Self and Collective Care

• Put Cultural Humility into practice

Why join us?

This is a rare opportunity to learn alongside WHISE and the Groupwork Centre, deepen your facilitation skills, and exchange expertise with other practitioners who are equally committed to creating equity and shifting power in workshop and training environments.

ABOUT WHISE

Women’s Health in the South East (WHISE) works in the Melbourne’s Southern Metropolitan Region to advance gender equity through evidence-informed, gender-transformative practice.

Through research, advocacy, capacity building and partnerships, WHISE collaborates with governments, organisations and communities to create the conditions for people of all genders to thrive.

ABOUT GROUPWORK CENTRE

Groupwork Centre is a social change, membership-based organisation.

"Our vision is a world transformed by conscious collaboration

We dream of a life-nourishing world for all

We believe groups can change the world for the better

We are inspired by the systems of collaboration in the natural world which tell us that interdependence is our planet’s life force.

We are alive to the challenges of the times we are in, defined by unprecedented change, upheaval, and uncertainty

We commit to opening our hearts and minds to meet these challenges with authenticity, hope and creativity."

Price: $1250 per person plus GST ( $1375)

IMPORTANT: This training requires a minimum of 15 registrations to run.

If at 20 days prior to the event we have not met the minimum numbers, we will cancel it and refund you in full.