In this episode, Em from SHV speaks with William Ward-Boas about including people with a cognitive disability in consent education. Listen to William reflect on relationships and consent through their lived experience, and hear about SHV’s Consent Matters – Disability program.  

Resources:

Learn about SHV’s project with Women’s Health in the South East (WHISE): Consent Matters - Disability including WHISE’s evaluation report. William listed the following useful resources: Women with Disabilities Victoria's Pleasure and Consent resources, AcceSex project, collaboration with ARCSHS, the Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre, and La Trobe’s Reducing Gender-Based Violence Research Group; and People with Disability Australia's Healthy Relationships project. 

You can find out more about William @  www.wwbconsulting.com.au

In this episode Louis from SHV talks to Cam from inyourskin about misogyny and the Manosphere. They discuss why young men seek out these spaces and what we can do to support them, showing them examples of healthy masculinity. 

Resources:

Research from the e61 institute - Gen Z Men Are Emerging as an Outlier on Gender Norms, MensLib subreddit, Bropill subreddit, Exredpill subreddit, IncelExit subreddit, Joey Swoll, Will Hitchins, Dr K aka The Healthy Gamer, blogs from inyourskin - Adolescence: A Wake-Up Call for Educators and Parents and What Young Men Are Telling Us (and Why We Should Listen). 

You can find out more about Cam and In Your Skin @  www.inyourskin.co/  

In this episode Anne from SHV explains some key guiding principles to consider when delivering Relationships and Sexuality Education. This episode will be featured in a poster submission at the World Association for Sexual Health Conference in 2025.

Resources:

UNESCO Technical Guidance on Sexuality Education (2018). Victorian Curriculum, Australian Curriculum, Resilience Rights and Respectful Relationships Initiative, Victorian Sexuality and Consent Education Policy, Victorian Child Safe Standards, Victorian LGBTIQA+ Student Support Policy. Gender Spectrum. Victorian Women’s Health Atlas,  Australian Bureau of Statistics. The 7th National Survey of AUSTRALIAN SECONDARY STUDENTS AND SEXUAL HEALTH 2021

Evolve Education collaborates with Tessa Opie and Cameron Fraser from In Your Skin who contributed research for this podcast.

In this episode, you will hear from the Sexual Health Victoria Schools, Community and Disability Education team.  

Listen to the team discuss why they do this work, what are some of the questions young people ask in these classes and hear the team tell some of their favourite stories from the classroom. You’ll get to hear more from the team on the podcast hosting episodes in the new year.  

SHV run professional development for teachers, youth workers and medical professionals. We have many free resources on our website. We also have free teaching activities and a range of online education courses.  

Find out more at shvic.org.au.  

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In this episode Leon from SHV talks about embedding a whole school approach to Relationships and Sexuality Education. SHV are working in partnership with a secondary school in Melbourne’s Northwestern growth corridor. Leon unpacks some of the challenges and learnings from working with a large, new, multicultural school.

Resources:

Some supporting policies to inform a Relationships and Sexuality Education program are: Child Safe Standards; Sexuality and Consent Education Policy; LGBTIQA+ support policy. See Strategic Partnerships Program.  More information about SHV @ shvic.org.au.

In this episode we speak to performers Dean Arcuri & Jacob Thomas. Sometimes they run Drag Storytime events. Listen to Dean and Jacob describe the many ways that these events bring community, performance and storytelling together in a safe inclusive way for all.

Resources:

See  Dean at Dean Arcuri and LinkedIn. Find Jacob Thomas on LinkedIn. See Rainbow Community Angels for events and news.

For more information about SHV @ shvic.org.au.

In this episode we talk to Krushnadevsinh Ravalji (Kano). Kano is the Youth Commissioner at the Victorian Multicultural Commission. We ask him about how educators can ensure that Relationships and Sexuality Education is inclusive and respectful for the multicultural communities that we work with.

Resources:

See more about Kano at the Third Culture. Find Kano on LinkedIn. See Centre for Culture, Ethnicity & Health for information and many translated health resources.

For more information about SHV @ shvic.org.au.

In this episode we speak to the 2023 Australian Youth Representative to the United Nations, Imogen Kane. This role saw Imogen travel Australia to meet with young people to find out what was important to them. Hear what Imogen learned about the generational divide, sexuality and relationships and the importance of listening.

Resources:

See Imogen Kane and the UN listening tour. For help learning about the programs that YP are using see the eSafety guide.  Youth Affairs Council Victoria has some great information about youth participation and co-design.  Find Sexual Health Victoria at shvic.org.au. 

In this episode we speak to Anita Brown Major about the sexual response cycle. As an occupational therapist, Anita uses her understanding of physiology to help people understand their own bodies, including what happens during a sexual experience. Sexual response and pleasure is the part of sexuality education that most adults did not receive and is still often not discussed in education. Anita helps us understand more.

Resources:

Find out more about Anita Brown Major at Thrive Rehab. See online orders for a Cliterate model.  See SHV sexual and reproductive anatomy illustrations. Listen to episode #14 The Clitoris. Extra reading about sex and sexual response see Emily Nagoski Come As you Are. Find Sexual Health Victoria at shvic.org.au.