The workplace: A dialogue on organizational practices to prevent violence against women

This web dialogue was an in-depth conversation following-up the May 3 Prevention Connection web conference, “Organizational Practices and Violence Against Women: Implications for Prevention.” In this session we highlighted specific organizational practices in the workplace to promote primary prevention of violence against women. On June 22, we held a web dialogue on “The Health Care Sector: A Dialogue on Organizational Practices to Prevent Violence Against Women.”

Host:
David Lee, Prevention Connection

Presenters:
Larry Cohen & Elizabeth Waiters, Prevention Institute

Guests:

• Douglas Leach, Blue Shield Against Violence, Blue Shield of California Foundation
• Johnny Lee, Peace at Work
• Keshia M. Pollack, Ph.D., MPH, Johns Hopkins Education and Research Center for Occupational Safety and Health, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Kim Wells, Corporate Alliance to End Partner Violence

Recording:

• The video recording of this session is no longer available.
• Audio Recording [MP3]

Materials:

• Slides (1 per page, color) [PDF]
• Handouts (3 per page, Black & white) [PDF]
• Text Chat [PDF]
• Working Together to End Domestic Violence in the Workplace from Peace at Work and Soroptimist International Club of Raleigh
• Rothman, EF, Hathaway, J, Stidsen, A, & DeVries, HF. (2007). How employment helps female victims of intimate partner violence: A qualitative study. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology. 12:2(136-143).
• Corporate Alliance to End Partner Violence Sample Policy [PDF]
• Corporate Alliance to End Partner Violence 6 Steps for Creating a Successful Workplace Program [PDF]
• Corporate Alliance to End Partner Violence Special Edition Newsletter 2006 [PDF]
• Corporate Alliance to End Partner Violence Extended Slides [PDF]
• GirlsAllowed! – website created for girls 11-14 to help with the building blocks to healthy relationships from Corporate Alliance to End Partner Violence
• Love Is Respect – website for the National Dating Teen Dating Abuse Helpline funded by Liz Claiborne
• Love Is Not Abuse – Liz Claiborne’s site with a wealth of info on domestic violence including their downloadable handbooks and info on their dating violence curriculum for schools

Learning Objectives:

• Explore how to most effectively incorporate primary prevention into the workplace setting
• Hear from those who have made changes for violence prevention in the business sector
• Experiment with the use of technology