Become an active bystander
MATE is a Griffith University leadership program focused on preventing all forms of violence against women. MATE workshops empower participants to use their leadership skills in a positive way by using a bystander approach to violence prevention. This approach is important because it does not view all women as victims or all men as perpetrators, rather it views all people as bystanders who can be empowered to address harmful and abusive behaviour – in their work, in the community, within families.
Gippsland Women’s Health has a contract with Griffith University to deliver MATE workshops, the train the trainer model and support accredited facilitators across Gippsland. Gippsland Free From Violence Coalition (previously Gippsland Prevention of Men’s Violence Against Women Strategy) has endorsed MATE across Gippsland since they first hosted a train the trainer in 2014. Since then there have been numerous MATE workshops delivered across Gippsland within workplaces and community groups as well as four further train the trainer programs and several annual communities of practice for the trained facilitators.
For information on the MATE Bystander Program visit the Griffith University website. For more information on MATE workshops, train the trainer or annual facilitator re-accreditation in Gippsland please contact us
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