Willing, capable and confident – Respect Victoria
This video was produced by WA Department of Health, Aboriginal Health Policy Directorate, based on an original concept by Tim Muirhead and Danny Ford.
The video is designed to increase the community’s understanding of Aboriginal people’s experiences from colonisation to the present day. It encourages Western Australians to reflect and confront shared histories, and highlights goals of positive change and growth.
Key facts and statistics about the nature, prevalence and impacts of violence against women in Australia.
This resource is related to Foundations for Change Capability 1.1.
Now more than ever, it’s important to look boldly at the reality of race and gender bias, and understand how the two can combine to create even more harm. Kimberlé Crenshaw uses the term “intersectionality” to describe this phenomenon. As she says, if you’re standing in the path of multiple forms of exclusion, you’re likely to get hit by both. In this moving talk, she calls on us to bear witness to this reality and speak up for victims of prejudice.
Domestic violence and sexual abuse are often called “women’s issues.” But in this bold, blunt talk, Jackson Katz points out that these are intrinsically men’s issues, and shows how these violent behaviours are tied to definitions of manhood. A clarion call for us all – women and men – to call out unacceptable behaviour and be leaders of change.