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This session explores an Australian provider's journey in tackling gender-based violence in higher education, and how it has evolved through years of sector-wide initiatives, national surveys, and cultural interventions.
The Universities Australia's Respect.Now.Always. programme, launched in 2016 and has been grounded in student-centred design and informed by data from landmark surveys that looked into the prevalence, nature and impact of sexual assult and sexual harassment at Australian providers. Established at University of Technology Sydney (UTS) in 2018, the UTS Respect.Now.Always. programme has tackled the root causes of gender-based violence by challenging enabling attitudes and behaviours through community-wide engagement and participatory design to drive lasting cultural change.Grounded in community-centred research, the programme uses innovative, accessible and novel methods to build sexual violence literacy and intervention skills, engaging more than 16,000 current and prospective students, staff, and community members annually.
Their efforts have led to measurable impact including reduced rates of sexual violence, sector-leading awareness of support services at UTS, and national recognition through a Good Design Award (Best in Class for Social Impact).
Catharine Pruscino leads the award-winning University of Technology Sydney's Respect.Now.Always. Program, an initiative that seeks to prevent gender-based violence on university campuses.
With 20+ years’ experience working across the public and private sectors, Catharine’s expertise lies in curating conversations amongst complex stakeholder groups and inspiring transformative culture change. She is also the Chair of the first multi-state tertiary practitioner network dedicated to GBV prevention, with the Universities Prevention Connection.
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https://www.uts.edu.au/about/uts-vision/initiatives/respectnowalways
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