Teneille Summers and Annie Douglass 16 December 2016 PROMOTING POSITIVE GENDER NORMS Preventing Violence Against Women in the Early Years Setting Teneille Summers and Annie Douglass 16 December 2016

The Early Years Setting to Prevent Violence Against Women

The Role of Local Government in the Early Years Services and programs that local government provide to the community Policy level – how our policies impact can whole range of structural and societal changes Our relationships with Early Years Educators and Child Care Centres

Building the skills of Early Years Educators Darebin’s broader approach to preventing violence against women Partnership with Women’s Health In the North (WHIN)

Women’s Health In the North Northern Metropolitan Region of Melbourne, comprising the municipalities of: Banyule Darebin Hume Moreland Nillumbik Whittlesea Yarra

Promoting Positive Gender Norms

Promoting Positive Gender Norms Imbalances in power and resources between women and men Adherence to rigid gender roles and stereotypes.

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Continuing to influence positive gender norms Increased consideration of gender in policy and practice Libraries Playgroups Maternal and Child Health

Questions? Teneille Summers Preventing Violence Against Women Officer Darebin City Council Teneille.Summers@darebin.vic.gov.au 8470 8522 Annie Douglas Health Promotion Worker Women’s Health in The North AnnieD@whin.org.au 9484 1666 Questions?