Under development – a primary prevention toolkit for rural communities


Thu 22 Mar 2012

In Australia the National Rural Women’s Coalition (NRWC) is leading the Community Leadership in Primary Violence Prevention project. The NRWC ...

Australian-flagIn Australia the National Rural Women’s Coalition (NRWC) is leading the Community Leadership in Primary Violence Prevention project.

The NRWC and the Australian Violence Women Alliance (AWAVA) are working with the Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research to develop a toolkit and guide to support women to implement the Australian government’s National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children. The resources will focus on preventing violence before it occurs by working to change underlying cause.

Social service providers are being urged to contribute case studies or examples of primary violence prevention activities that would particularly suit the remote or rural context .

The resources are due to be launched in Broken Hill in rural New South Wales in June 2012.

Kiri Dicker is managing the project. For any enquiries about the toolkit, please contact Kiri at kiri@tolc.com.au

Read Kit to prevent domestic violence in rural Australia, ABC Online, 20/3/2012

For updates on this project:

National Rural Women's Coalition 

Australian Women Against Violence Alliance

Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research