Prevention of violence against women

Violence against women is very common in Australian society. One in four women who has ever had a boyfriend or husband is likely to have suffered some form of violence at the hands of a man during her life. It’s important to acknowledge that there is hope for a future where no woman lives in fear.

The cornerstone of Christian belief is our example of the life of Jesus Christ, who respected the dignity of all persons, placed a high value on loving relationships and defended the sanctity of all life. Living Christian faith warrants ending all forms of violence.

Anglican leaders are well positioned to be powerful agents of prevention, education and advocacy to bring an end to violence against women. These resource materials below have been created to support Anglican leadership in the work of primary prevention that aims to stop violence against women before it occurs. Additional resource materials are in development and will be posted on the site as they become available.

	Anglican peer mentor brochure and form Author: Anglican Diocese of Melbourne Published: 2012 Single page: Tri-fold Printer-friendly version:  PDF 545KB Description: This brochure outlines an educational pathway for clergy and lay leaders to advance their pastoral care competencies and commitment to the prevention of violence against women in their community. Register your interest to become a mentor/mentee here.
​	​ Anglicans preventing violence against women poster Author: Anglican Diocese of Melbourne Published: 2012 Printer-friendly version:  PDF 3.7MB (JPG 621KB) Description: This full colour poster is designed to educate Anglican congregations about violence against women and to promote ways to prevent violence.
​	​ Promoting equal and respectful relationships in faith communities: A manual and tool kit Author: VicHealth Published: 2012 Printer-friendly version:  PDF 3MB Description: This web based manual and tool kit, which consists of fact sheets, activities, web resource lists, surveys and audit tools, has been developed to assist faith based leaders implement best practice in the prevention of violence against women.
Coming soon...​	​ Workshop power point presentation ✔ YES We Can end violence against women by strengthening prevention through education Author: Anglicans Promoting Respectful Relationships Project Committee Published: 2012 Printer-friendly version:  PDF 3MB Description: This power point, with supporting notes, is a teaching tool to promote awareness of the problem of violence against women. The emphasis of the slides is on violence prevention.
​	​Workshop Anglican clergy workbook Author: Anglicans Promoting Respectful Relationships Project Committee Published: 2012 Printer-friendly version: PDF 2MB Description: This workbook contains power point slides and a facility for workshop participants to write notes to reinforce learning on violence prevention.
​	​Workshop participant evaluation questionnaire Author: Anglicans Promoting Respectful Relationships Project Committee Published: 2012 Printer-friendly version:  PDF 286 KB Description: This participant workshop questionnaire has been developed to assist with the development of the Prevention of Violence Against Women Program.
​	​​Information sheet — 10 things Anglican leaders can do to help prevent violence against women Author: Anglicans Promoting Respectful Relationships Project Committee Published: 2012 Printer-friendly version: PDF 409KB Description: This information sheet provides practical suggestions for activities that can be easily implemented in a parish to promote violence prevention.

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