Gender equality through employability skills

Through applied research of gender equality and employability skills in VET trades, this primary prevention project will co-design a ‘transformative pedagogy’ that:

• interrogates social norms and traditional constructions of masculinity and femininity
• alters the 'performance of gender'
• enables the promotion of safe, respectful, inclusive and diverse workplaces in the construction sector.

This research will:

• raise critical gender awareness and champion primary prevention of gendered violence in work integrated learning settings in the West of Melbourne
• support the adoption of gender transformative pedagogies in teaching and learning practices by VET providers
• influence the prevention of gendered violence discourses in the construction and VET sectors in Melbourne's West
• contribute to the Victorian Government's Free from Violence Prevention Strategy & First Action Plan 2018 – 2021.