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Primary prevention requires an evidence-based approach to effectively dismantle and transform the oppressive systems that drive gender-based violence. We can feel unsure how to make change in our social and professional lives, this training will be crucial to reshaping gendered norms and behaviours towards a culture that is built on care and respect.
Prevention Foundations is the first step in this journey, equipping you with the essential knowledge to make a tangible impact in your primary prevention career.
Whether your role is to lead prevention programs or to champion them in spaces where you work, socialise or play sport, you'll learn the core principles of primary prevention, what drives gendered violence and the essential actions we can each take to contribute to a powerful, collective movement for change.
This course is delivered online in two 2-hour sessions over one day, providing a space for practitioners to learn, connect with and bolster their professional toolkits to promote equality, safety and respect. Our Prevention Foundations training is designed to build your skills and knowledge, grow your professional network and empower you to drive meaningful change.
What you will learn:
Build understanding of the gendered and overlapping drivers that shape family and gender-based violence
Build understanding of prevalence, impacts and nature of family and gender-based violence
Build understanding of the prevention continuum
Identify key essential actions that will contribute to the primary prevention of family and gender-based violence
This package is based on Day 1 of Prevention in Practice training. Prevention in Practice has now been separated into two distinct packages, Prevention Foundations and Prevention Programs.
This package has been designed to build foundational knowledge for those delivering and leading primary prevention programs and for workers supporting prevention initiatives.
Delivering and leading prevention initiatives - including Primary Prevention Officers‚ Campaign Coordinators, Trainers and Facilitators
Supporting prevention initiatives - Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Advisors, Communication Officers, Health Promotion Officers and more