2010 Meeting Dates

03 February 2010

2010 PiP meetings will be from 1-4 pm in the Jenny Florence Room (3rd floor rm 1) at Ross House, 247 Flinders Lane, Melbourne on Thursday 18 February Tuesday 11 May Wednesday 11 August (PiP forum at Queen Victoria Women’s Centre) Thursday 11 November Topics and speakers will be confirmed closer to the day.

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Respectful Relationships Project Announcement

02 February 2010

The Victorian Minister for Education, Bronwyn Pike, announced yesterday that the DEECD will be partnering with CASA House to deliver the respectful relationships demonstration project in schools. The project will be trialled in 4 schools before the middle of the year.

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Best practice is a state of mind

28 January 2010

Let me start by saying that defining principles of best practice is crucial to the development of the VAWP sector.

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Evaluation working group

22 January 2010

The Partner’s in Prevention Evaluation Working Group operated from October 2008 to January 2010. The group conducted a needs analysis with PiP network members and carried out a range of evaluation capacity building activities. This is an archive of meeting minutes and activities of the group.

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A right to respect and Respectful relationships education in schools, December 2009

03 December 2009

Looked at the recently released state government plan to prevent violence against women, A Right to Respect, with particular focus on the education setting. Lara Fergus from the Office of Women’s Policy gave an overview of the state plan. Then David Billimoria and Erika Turner spoke to the Department of Education and Early Childhood’s plans [...]

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Using Facebook for Respectful Relationships education

05 November 2009

Check out our facebook page on the redevelopment of the When Love Hurts website to help us make the new site even more effective in helping young people think about respectful relationships.

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Engaging with the media to prevent violence against women, September 2009

03 September 2009

Improved participant’s capacity to engage with the media. Featuring insights from Jane Ashton (Women’s Domestic Violence Crisis Service) on the Media Advocacy Project. Followed by practical activities led by Antony Balmain, VicHealth’s Media and Public Advocacy Coordinator. Download September meeting notes (PDF 152kb)

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Primary Prevention and Crisis Responses

06 August 2009

The relationship between primary and tertiary responses to violence against women is an issue that seems to crop up in community sector circles on a regular basis. Preventing violence against women before it occurs is a mammoth task. It’s going to take all of us, working in partnership to create the change that’s needed. That being said, how do we understand the intersections between primary prevention, secondary intervention and tertiary responses to violence against women?

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About PiP

Partners in Prevention is a capacity building project in Victoria, Australia. PiP targets workers engaging young people in the primary prevention of violence against women.

The Partners in Prevention project is funded by VicHealth and auspiced by DVRC Victoria. Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria logo and VicHealth logo

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