YWCA Adelaide Annual Report 2016-17 Oct 17 | Page 18

PREVENTING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
YWCA Adelaide continues to strengthen its focus on preventing violence
against women in South Australia through the delivery of Respectful
Relationships Education in schools, and Bystander Intervention
Workshops in workplaces and community settings.
‘Whole of Community’ Violence Prevention project:
Partnering with City of Salisbury
In 2016-17 YWCA Adelaide partnered with the
City of Salisbury on two funded projects delivered
in the Salisbury region focused on the prevention
of violence against women. This involved delivery
of 17 Respect Communicate Choose programs
with primary schools, 5 Relationship Things
programs with secondary schools and 9
Bystander Workshops with community groups
and City of Salisbury staff.
799 individuals participated in these programs
including 547 students in years 5-7 in the RCC
program, 85 students in years 8 & 9 in
Relationship Things and 167 community
members and City of Salisbury staff through the
Bystander workshops.
Gender Equity Matters Program
As a complimentary piece of work alongside the
program delivery component of this project,
‘They helped me to be calm in many YWCA Adelaide piloted our new Gender Equity
Matters package with the City of Salisbury.
situations’ (RCC)
Quotes from RCC and RT program participants:
‘People were saying boys were better than This project involved an analysis of the policies
and culture at City of Salisbury, conducted
girls & I said it should be equal.’ (boy, RCC)
through surveys and gender analysis tools, and
‘Consent is one of the most important things culminating
in
a
GEM
report
with
for healthy relationships’ (RCC)
recommendations on how their organisation can
improve and integrate gender equity and diversity
‘I have learnt to not judge people of what they
policies, practices and workplace culture
do or what they wear because… you don’t
know what’s going on in their life’ (RT)
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