Unpacking violence : a storytelling resource for understanding non-physical forms of abuse and the gendered drivers of violence against women

Abstract

"The Our Watch Non-physical Forms of Abuse campaign, No Excuse for Abuse, aims to raise awareness of non-physical forms of abuse against women and increase understanding that all forms of abuse are serious. The campaign, funded by the Australian Government's Department of Social Services,<br/ >launched in July 2018 and includes social marketing content<br/ > and material. This resource is to support people working to prevent violence against women in Australia. In this document, we refer to these people as practitioners.<br/ ><br/ >The practice component of the campaign aims to provide prevention of violence against women practitioners with resources they can use when undertaking prevention activities e.g., training and presentations to stakeholders, policy planning, organisational development, and advocacy work.<br/ >These resources will demonstrate the relationship between non-physical forms of abuse and the gendered drivers of violence.<br/ >.<br/ >The resource consists of:<br/ >* seven narrative stories that can be used to demonstrate and unpack non-physical forms of abuse and their link to the gendered drivers<br/ >* guidance notes to support practitioners in making use of the stories, this resource also includes information for faciltators and background knowledge."