Efforts to prevent violence against women are more likely to be effective and to achieve lasting change when they are part of broader prevention activities to promote gender equality and prevent violence against women.
Encourage advocacy and allyship
Increasing the number of people in your community who will advocate for equality and violence prevention in a variety of settings is essential for reinforcing broad social change. Leaders and influencers in workplaces, community groups, sports places and services have immense potential for shaping attitudes.
Learn more:
- Advice on how to secure support from leadership – Our Watch
- Promote gender equality to sports leaders – Our Watch
- Building Youth Leadership in Violence Prevention – FVREE
- Men as Allies: supporting women and girls in community sport – Change Our Game
Attend, deliver or organise professional development
Keep up to date with training and professional development workshops for individuals and workplaces.
Learn more:
- Training and Events – Safe and Equal
- Prevention in Action – Our Watch
- Partners in Prevention Network
- Women’s Health Victoria
- No To Violence
- Prevention of Violence Against Women and Promotion of Gender Equality eNews – MAV
Connect and collaborate with others
Organisations and groups across Victoria are working toward the same goal: preventing men’s violence. Reach out to people in similar roles or settings and share insights on what is working well and what you’re learning from your challenges. Ask questions and learn from each other. Engage with the women’s health service in your region and see where you can align with their regional primary prevention strategy. Tell them how your 16 Days of Activism went! There’s a lot of knowledge to be shared across our communities.
Use these tools and resources beyond the 16 Days of Activism
The tools and resources provided in this toolkit have been deliberately designed to be useful beyond the 16 Days of Activism. We encourage workplaces, councils, organisations, and community members to use these resources to support bystander action, prevent violence against women and promote gender equality.