Secondary Responders
We work to support safe and just responses to victim survivors, hold perpetrators of sexual violence to account, and take action to prevent violence from occurring in the first place. Find out about these different areas of work, and how they support each other.
Ending sexual and gender-based violence is long-term work that must occur at all levels and all sites across the community. This continuum of interconnected and concurrent activities fit into three broad categories:
prevention – or primary prevention
early intervention – or secondary prevention
response – or tertiary prevention.
Initiatives focused on each of these areas are important and reinforce each other.
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Prevention - or Primary Prevention
Working across communities, organisations, and society in settings where people live, learn, work, socialise and play to stop violence from happening in the first place. It involves challenging or addressing the things that drive violence against women (the gendered drivers).
What can this work look like?
Implementing whole school initiatives that promote gender equality and respectful relationships.
Developing awareness-raising campaigns that make it clear sexism and disrespecting women is never acceptable.
Supporting a local sports club to develop policies and procedures that ensure women and children have equal access to resources and appropriate facilities to support their participation in sport.
Implementing workplace initiatives that take a whole of organisation approach to addressing the drivers of family and gendered violence. This may include addressing unequal workplace policies, processes, leadership, and workplace culture.