Season 6 Episode 3: Rethinking Gender-Based Violence Prevention: A Call to Action with Jess Hill and Michael Salter

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"Single mothers are essentially the unofficial reserve army of prevention agents in this country and around the world." - Jess Hill

In this episode, David and Ruth speak with Australian experts Jess Hill and Professor Michael Salter about their groundbreaking paper challenging current approaches to preventing gender-based violence. With Australia's commitment to end gender-based violence within a generation, yet concerning increases in sexual violence and domestic homicides, this timely discussion explores why traditional prevention strategies focused on changing social norms and attitudes have fallen short.

Key points discussed include:

The limitations of measuring prevention success through attitude surveys rather than actual reductions in violence
Why structural interventions and accountability are essential alongside education efforts
The need to focus resources on high-risk scenarios and populations, particularly traumatized youth
How systems often fail to provide practical help when survivors, especially young people, disclose abuse
The importance of shifting from "calling out" to "calling in" approaches when addressing harmful behaviors
Why prevention efforts must acknowledge the reality that most people have been impacted by violence rather than assuming a "clean slate"

Related episodes:

Season 2 Episode 12: How Coercive Control Harms Child Safety & Wellbeing: An Interview With Jess Hill

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Chapters

1. Season 6 Episode 3: Rethinking Gender-Based Violence Prevention: A Call to Action with Jess Hill and Michael Salter (00:00:00)

2. Rethinking Primary Prevention in Gender-Based Violence (00:01:07)

3. Reimagining Gender-Based Violence Prevention (00:16:18)

4. Urgent Need for Youth Intervention Services (00:32:02)

5. Focusing Intervention Resources in Gender-Based Violence (00:37:09)

6. Effective Strategies for Preventing Gender-Based Violence (00:45:16)

7. A Call in for Prevention (00:54:43)

8. Empowering Survivors in Prevention (01:03:59)

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