Transforming gender:
Insights for primary prevention practice
This resource explores gender transformative practice in primary prevention, which can be used for planning, reflection, peer discussion and supervision. It draws on interviews with experienced prevention practitioners from a range of backgrounds and contains practical prompts to develop your own practice further.
Transforming gender: Insights for primary prevention practice explores gender transformative practice in primary prevention.
Everybody deserves to live, love, work and play with safety, dignity and respect, free from violence and the gendered norms that can drive it. Gender transformative practice in primary prevention is about reshaping the power relations, norms and structures that drive gender-based violence, going beyond identifying harmful expectations or unequal power to actively shift the conditions that sustain inequality, aiming for lasting social change
Drawing on interviews with experienced prevention practitioners from a range of backgrounds, including those who specialise in prevention focused on men and masculinities, and those who have experience working in specialist family violence services, men’s behaviour change, community health, and community-led organisations focused on disability, First Nations communities, LGBTIQA+ communities and migrant and refugee communities.
It is intended for practitioners that are looking to advance their knowledge and skills in gender transformative practice. Rather than a comprehensive guide, it offers practical prompts for practitioners to reflect on their practice and aims to offer key insights into contemporary and evolving practice.
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