This year WHGNE’s campaign theme for 16 Days is ‘How to turn awareness into action’, because we, like people across our region, want to take practical steps to stop gender-based violence from happening in the first place. We’ve developed a resource with advice and tips on how to translate your knowledge of this problem into action for change – whether it be in a workplace, community, educational or social setting. You can check it out below:

Get the PDF version here.

This resource builds on WHGNE’s suite of work around preventing gender-based violence, because we believe that the depth and breadth of the impacts of gender-based violence necessitate long-term, consistent and collective action to change social and cultural norms and enact systemic change. 

We’re continuing the ‘awareness to action’ theme throughout our 16 Days of Activism campaign – you can watch the video on coercive control that has been posted to our socials and also check out free the Awareness to Action e-learning course. 

Download the transcript and image description for this video

You can find all of the courses mentioned in the resources at the Gender Equity E-LEARNING HUB. On Human Rights Day, Tuesday 10th December, WHGNE will launch a new course through the Gender Equity E-LEARNING HUB – Rights, Justice and Gender.

If you would like to go more in-depth into what the 16 Days of Activism campaign is all about, you can check out our free e-learning course on the Gender Equity E-LEARNING HUB:

A snapshot of what is happening around the region during 16 Days of Activism:

• Alexandra: Latte with a Lawyer (Wednesday 27th November, 10am-1pm)
• Alexandra: Call it in! A workshop for men to talk mental health (Saturday 30th November, 9:30-11:30am).
• Beveridge: Speak up (Thursday 28th November, 12:00-2:00pm).
• Seymour: Coffee with a Cop (Tuesday 3rd December, 9:30-11:00am).
• Wallan: Steps Towards Change (Thursday 5th December, 10:00am).

To learn more about what’s happening in Victoria during the 16 Days of Activism and to find more resources on the prevention of gender-based violence, you can visit SAFE + EQUAL.

Tuesday 3rd December is International Day of Persons with Disabilities, falling within the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence – you can explore the Change the Landscape framework from Our Watch and Women with Disabilities Victoria – A National Resource to Prevent Violence Against Women and Girls with Disabilities.

You can explore WHGNE’s suite of work contributing to the primary prevention of gender-based violence and learn more about the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence below.