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Gender and Disability Workforce Development Program Women with Disabilities Victoria has developed a strategic priority to increase women’s wellbeing and prevent violence against women with disabilities.

A key initiative to support this is the Gender and Disability Workforce Development Program to increase awareness of how to deliver gender equitable and sensitive service delivery and organisational culture as a strategy for violence prevention and improving women’s well-being and status.
Women with Disabilities Victoria is piloting it’s gender and disability training package titled, “Human Rights and Quality Services: What does gender have to do with it?” with two Victorian disability agencies (Yooralla and Gateways Support Services).

As frontline service providers, disability workers are in a key position to support women with disabilities to uphold their right to achieve their goals.
Fundamental to this approach is the engagement and training of women with disabilities and professional trainers from women’s health and violence prevention and response services to co- deliver this program to disability services.

Gender and Disability Workforce Development Train the Trainer Program Participants The objective of the program is to improve the quality of gender sensitive practice amongst disability workers.
The program will aim to achieve this by improving their knowledge and skills in regard to: • Concepts of gender, gender equality, gender relations and sex • The socio-economic disadvantage of women with disabilities and its impact on social inclusion The Workforce Development Program on Gender and Disability was funded as part of the Victorian Action Plan to Address Violence Against Women and Children 2012-2015.
Violence, abuse and neglect against people with disability in institutional and residential settings, including thegender and age related dimensions, and the particular situation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people withdisability, and culturally and linguistically diverse people with disabilitySubmission 53 - Attachment 2 • Human rights obligations pertaining to gender and disability • The relationship between marginalisation, disability, gender stereotypes and violence • Gender sensitive practice in delivering disability services • Good practice in health promotion and primary prevention of violence against women The piloting of the Gender and Disability Workforce Development Program consists of: 1.
Train the Trainer Program 2.

Delivery of training to: • Disability Support Workers Workshops • Service Management Leadership Workshop • Senior Executive Leadership Workshop 3.

Peer Education Programs for women with disabilities 4.

Follow up Communities of Practice Following completion of the program in August 2015, an appropriate business model for an expanded roll out of the program is planned.
If you want to find out more about the program and want to register your interest for potential involvement in the future roll out of the training contact: Fofi Christou Gender Equity Training Co-ordinator Women with Disabilities Victoria The Workforce Development Program on Gender and Disability is supported by the Victorian Government The Workforce Development Program on Gender and Disability was funded as part of the Victorian Action Plan to Address Violence Against Women and Children 2012-2015.
Violence, abuse and neglect against people with disability in institutional and residential settings, including thegender and age related dimensions, and the particular situation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people withdisability, and culturally and linguistically diverse people with disabilitySubmission 53 - Attachment 2