Melbourne Graduate School of Education, 24 March 2016 A new early secondary school program is equipping teachers to tackle gender inequality and gender-based violence in the classroom. Authored by University of Melbourne academics, the curriculum Connect with respect: Preventing gender-based violence in schools is being translated into Chinese, Khmer and Myanmar languages for teachers in the Asia...
National LGBTI Health Alliance, July 2015 The passport is available to anyone who wishes to ensure that their genders, bodies, relationships are respected in their interactions with health and social care services. The Passport is a tool to support clear communication between people and organisations on topics related to their genders, bodies, and relationships. This information is critical in a...
Guardian, Wednesday 17 September 2014 15.17 AEST Many Australians believe there are circumstances where violence against women can be excused and almost one in five believe if a woman is raped while intoxicated she is partly responsible, a national survey has found. Alison Macdonald, the acting chief executive of Domestic Violence Victoria, said the report highlighted much more work was needed to...
Educators NZ, September 23, 2015 RainbowYOUTH has launched a new website aimed to increase understanding and support of sex, gender and sexuality diversity within year 7-13 classrooms in New Zealand. The website, Inside Out, contains free teaching resources, class guidelines and video content designed to ignite conversations. The resource has been produced in a partnership between RainbowYOUTH...
ABC News, 22 September, 2015 The Northern Territory Attorney-General has been stood down as an ambassador for White Ribbon Australia, after saying he was “tempted to slap” a woman in Parliament. John Elferink told the Parliament on Wednesday night “I’m really tempted to give her a slap right now … figuratively speaking”, referring to Natasha Fyles, the Labor...
Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria (DVRCV), 2011 Sex, Love and Other Stuff is a booklet developed for young men, with young men, that talks about sex, relationships, power and respect. It has been specifically developed from what young men told DVRCV they wanted to know — stuff like, what a ‘relationship’ is, how to talk to girls, and about sex. There’s quite a bit of information about...