Thank you to the guests who volunteered their time for this podcast, which was recorded by students from Swinburne University of Technology’s Diploma of Screen and Media – Sports Media. It forms part of Swinburne’s work preventing family violence.

You’ll hear these guests talking about gender stereotypes. You might be wondering – what’s the link between gender stereotypes and family violence? Well, rigid gender roles – people not being free to be what they want to be – is one of the drivers of family violence. If we can fix this, we can reduce the likelihood of family violence occurring.

We encourage you to share this series, and for the teachers out there, to freely use it as a teaching tool to promote positive gender relationships.

If you’d like to learn more about family violence and how to help prevent it, visit www.ourwatch.org.au

If this podcast has raised any issues for you or you need support, please contact one of these support services:

1800 RESPECT: 1800 737 732, www.1800respect.org.au

1800 RESPECT operates 24 hours a day to support people impacted by sexual assault, domestic or family violence and abuse.

Men’s Referral Service: 1300 766 491, www.ntv.org.au

The Men’s Referral Service is operated by No to Violence and provides advice for men about family violence.

Relationships Australia: 1300 364 277, www.relationships.org.au

Relationships Australia aims to support people in Australia to achieve positive and respectful relationships.

Lifeline: 13 11 14, www.lifeline.org.au

Lifeline provides 24 hour crisis support and suicide prevention services.

Kids Helpline: 1800 551 800, www.kidshelp.com.au

Kids Helpline provides a free, confidential 24/7 online and phone counselling service for young people aged 5 to 25.

This podcast series is part of the Prevention Activity in Tertiary Education Settings project – TAFE, funded by the Victorian Government.

Recorded and produced on Wurundjeri land.

Music credits: Good Times by Scott Holmes Music is licensed under an Attribution-Non Commercial 4.0 International License. https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/carefree-music-2020/good-times