Primary prevention, early intervention and response
Approaches to addressing violence against women
Work to address violence against women fits into three broad approaches or categories that exist along a continuum: primary prevention, secondary prevention (early intervention) and tertiary prevention (response).
Each of these approaches are important and reinforce each other. Work must occur across this continuum if we are going to create a world where women and their children live free from violence.
Using plain language and specific examples, this resource is designed to assist people to understand the three approaches to addressing violence against women and how they can situate their work across this continuum.