Women with Disabilities Victoria’s Gender and Disability Workforce Development Team is excited to offer a professional development program on the Preventing Gender and Disability Based Violence in November 2025.
Registrations are now open for a 2-part online workshop, for social and community service professionals, to learn about how gender and disability inequality drives violence, and how we can all prevent it.
Session 1: Introduction to Preventing Gender and Disability Based Violence
- How gender and disability inequality intersect to create disadvantage
- Impacts of violence against women and gender diverse people with disabilities
- New models of understanding disability and addressing ableism
- How our everyday actions and practice can contribute to violence
Session 2: Gender and Disability Prevention in Action
- How gender and disability equitable practice can create change to end violence
- Introducing concepts of inclusive and accessible practice
- Strategies and tools to prevent violence against women and gender diverse people with disabilities
- Resistance and backlash
- Bystander action
A limited number of subsidised spots are available. Please contact [email protected] if cost is a barrier to participating.
To receive an invoice for payment, please select ‘offline payment’ option when registering.
Registrations close Friday 31 October.
The series is facilitated by women and gender diverse people with disabilities and centres the voices of lived experience. It is evidence-based, aligning with the latest research on disability, Our Watch’s Changing the Landscape, and the Preventing Family Violence & Violence against Women Capability Framework.
