Training and Professional Development
Gender and Disability Workforce Development
Welcome to the Gender and Disability Workforce Development Program. Violence against women and non-binary people with disabilities is prevalent, excused and ignored, but it is preventable. We all have a role to play. The Gender and Disability Workforce Development Program (the Program) aims to prevent violence against women and non-binary people with disabilities before it occurs through mutually reinforcing activities:
- Build and consolidate strategic positions, communications, representations and partnerships for preventing violence against women and non-binary people with disabilities
- Increase women and non-binary people with disabilities workforce engagement, leadership and representation in primary prevention and disability
- Build the capacity of women and non-binary people with disabilities and the disability, social services and prevention workforces to prevent violence against women and non-binary people with disabilities
- Build the evidence base for preventing violence against women and non-binary people with disabilities
We do this through:
- Lived experience consultations
- Professional development and training
- Resource development
The Program was established in 2014 is currently funded by the Victorian Government until June 2027. Contact the Gender and Disability Workforce Development Team at [email protected] for further information.
Resources
Lens On, Hands On
‘Lens on, hands on’, is a practical guide for people who develop and deliver women’s financial capability and wellbeing programs, to apply intersectionality in their thinking and practice.
Seeing through an intersectional lens means understanding the experiences of women who face more than one form of unequal treatment and discrimination in their lives. These women are often up against a combination of oppressive systems and power structures, all working together to exclude or keep a person down.
Intersectionality can be used as a thinking tool to examine how power dynamics and structural barriers impact women’s experiences with money.
This resource was created as part of the Women’s Financial Capabilities Project (WFCP), which aims to improve the financial capabilities and economic security of women across Victoria, with a particular focus on First Nations women, women from migrant, refugee, and asylum–seeker backgrounds and women with disabilities.
This guide was co-designed with women from these communities who, together, brought a range of experiences and expertise. This guide is possible thanks to their generous contributions.
