Women and girls with disabilities are twice as likely to experience violence as those without disabilities.

This online workshop, aimed towards disability and social services workforces, will show how gender and disability inequality drives violence, and how you can prevent it.

The training will be delivered over three sessions:

· Session 1: Introduction to Prevention of Violence against Women with Disabilities

· Session 2: Drivers of Violence and Essential Actions

· Session 3: Managing Disclosures in a Prevention Context

Details

Session 1: Thursday 29th October 2020

Session 2: Thursday 5th November 2020

Session 3: Thursday 12th November 2020

Time: 10:00am–1:00pm

Location: Online via Zoom (details will be provided upon registration)

Register: by Friday 30th October 2020

For more information: contact Olivia Franklin on olivia.franklin@wdv.org.au or 0433 691 548

What you will learn

Session 1: Introduction to Prevention of Violence against Women with Disabilities

· How gender and disability inequality intersect to create disadvantage for women with disability

· Impacts of violence against women with disability

· Why gender inequity is a key driver of violence against women with disability

Session 2: Drivers of Violence and Essential Actions

· How our everyday actions and practice can contribute to violence against women with disability

· How gender and disability equitable practice can create change to end violence

· Strategies and tools to prevent violence against women with disability

Session 3: Managing Disclosures in a Prevention Context

· How primary prevention can inform the safe management of disclosures of violence against women with disability

· Referral services which can assist in responding to women with disability who experience violence.

The training is co-facilitated with an expert in violence prevention and a woman with a lived experience of disabilities. It is evidence-based, aligning with the latest research on disability, Our Watch’s Change the Story, and the Preventing Family Violence & Violence against Women Capability Framework.

Pricing (per participant, including GST)

Organisation (cost per person)

· $50 per session, or;

· 3 x session delivery $120

Individual/sole trader

· $25 per session, or;

· 3 x session delivery $65

AcceSex (sexual and reproductive health & disability) is now going to be a live webinar for community and health workers across Victoria. In response to demand from around the state, we are thrilled to be able to open up this exciting and valuable training to more people.

Participants will learn how to create more inclusive, accessible reproductive and sexual healthcare services and community programs for women with disabilities.

More information and tickets via Eventbrite.

Day: Tuesday 27th October 2020

Time: 10:00 AM – 12 PM

Cost: $25

The Zoom webinar will include a discussion with three women with disability living in rural areas during the COVID-19 pandemic, followed by a Q&A with the audience.

The discussion will cover some of the challenges facing women with disability living in rural Australia and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The webinar will officially start at 1pm AEST on Wednesday 14 October but please feel free join from 12:45pm onwards to ensure you are set up correctly. 

Each session will run for two hours and will be facilitated by an independent facilitator. Australia Council staff will join each session. You are invited to share your audio and video during the session to contribute to the discussion.

Each session will be limited to between 10-20 participants. There will be 38 sessions, including 18 general sessions and 20 sessions for participants who would like to be in groups with people who identify in a similar way, including:

• First Nations
• Culturally and/or linguistically diverse (CALD)
• Disabled
• d/Deaf
• Gender diverse.

Some of the sessions indicated will include an Auslan interpreter and live captioning. Please contact reimagine@australiacouncil.gov.au if you have specific access needs.