Doing ‘IT‘

In this episode, Tessa speaks with one of SHV doctors, Dr Fiona, about menstrual health and pelvic pain. They discuss why people might get period or pelvic pain, what falls outside of “normal” for periods, and Tessa describes SHV’s Menstrual Health and Pelvic Pain program, funded by the Victorian Department of Health. Resources: You can find more information on our Menstrual Health and Pelvic Pain program on our website: https://shvic.org.au/schools/menstrual-health-and-pelvic-pain-education-program Here are some resources from Jean Hailes on topics mentioned during the podcast: Endometriosis, Adenomyosis, Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), and Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD). For more information about SHV @ shvic.org.au. Follow SHV on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and YouTube. Contact us directly at [email protected]. Subscribe to the podcast so you don’t miss out.

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 For more information about SHV @ shvic.org.au. Follow SHV on LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and TikTok. Contact us directly at [email protected]. Subscribe or follow the podcast wherever you listen so you don’t miss out.

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/ For more information about SHV @ shvic.org.au. Follow SHV on LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and TikTok. Contact us directly at [email protected]. Subscribe or follow the podcast wherever you listen so you don’t miss out.

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

In this episode Leon from SHV talks to Bec from Evolve Education about Artificial Intelligence and deepfakes. They discuss how this technology impacts the lives and sexual interactions of young people. Resources: The eSafety website, The Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation, Kerrin Bradfield’s Respect Collective (Bradfield, K. (2022). Image Based Abuse: Recognition, Education and Healing. Sexology in Practice Symposium, 24-25 September, online.), Addressing deepfake image-based abuse, AI ‘nudify’ sites are being sued for victimising people. How can we battle deepfake abuse?, Beacon, and Take It Down. Evolve Education collaborates with Tessa Opie and Cameron Fraser from In Your Skin who contributed research for this podcast. For more information about SHV @ shvic.org.au. Follow SHV on LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and TikTok. Contact us directly at [email protected]. Subscribe or follow the podcast wherever you listen so you don’t miss out.

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. Follow SHV on LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram and TikTok.

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.

The everybody education team at Sexual Health Victoria sometimes get questions about how we discuss gender, sex and sexuality in a classroom. In this episode SHV expert educator Chrissy is going to talk through what we say and why we say it. Resources: See Victorian Child Safe Standards and Victoria Department of Education LGBTIQ Student Support Policy. See research Writing themselves in 4. Advocacy organisation Intersex Human Rights. See Minus 18 for resources and Inclusive Language Guide. Transcend Australia support families, parents and carers of gender diverse young people.

Professor Michael Flood describes types of masculinities that can be harmful to boys, men and the people around them. Listen for a discussion on engaging men and boys to address gender inequality and gender based violence. In this episode, Professor Michael Flood describes types of masculinities that can be harmful to boys, men and the people around them. He also details the benefits of engaging men and boys in efforts to address gender inequality and gender based violence. Resources: See more about Prof Michael Flood. Read more articles from Michael at xyonline. Michael mentioned The Man Box by Jesuit Social Services. Our Watch have provided lots of information about addressing gender based violence. For more information about SHV @ shvic.org.au.

Discord is a social chat app designed initially for the gaming community, now extending to a wide variety of interest groups. In this episode listen to Discord Senior Policy Director, Savannah Badalich explain what Discord does to keep users safe. Part of keeping young people safe online is understanding the platforms they use. Resources: DISCORD and DISCORD Safety centre. See eSafety for reporting eSafety Guide for games apps and social media. For more information about SHV @ shvic.org.au.

In this episode Laura Crozier and SHV educator Chrissy talk about their own experiences of finding help after being sexually assaulted in high school. Both Chrissy and Laura speak about the vital role of the welfare teams at their schools and the difficultly in disclosing abuse to parents. Resources: Laura works for Youth Affairs Council Victoria. Hear more of Laura’s story on Growing Up Clueless. Sexual Assault Service Victoria is the peak body for specialist sexual assault services and harmful sexual behaviour services. For more information about SHV @ shvic.org.au.

In this episode Dr Jennifer Power talks about the 2022 National Survey of Australian Secondary Students and Sexual Health from Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society (ARCSHS) at LaTrobe University. Dr Power talks through some key statistics from the survey as well as providing perspective on why we are so keen to know how much sex young people are having. Resources: See Dr Jennifer Power, LaTrobe University profile. See lots of research from Australian Research Centre in Sex Health and Society. See 7th National Survey of Australian Secondary Students and Sexual Health. For more information about SHV @ shvic.org.au.

In this episode Dr Jacqui Hendriks talks about her recent research. Jacqui has led the First national survey of Australian parents and their attitudes towards relationships and sexuality education in schools. Resources: See Dr Jacqui Hendriks Curtain University bio. See research: Support for school-based relationships and sexual health education: a national survey of Australian parents. For more information about SHV @ shvic.org.au.

In this episode, two families share their stories of making babies using Assisted Reproductive Technology. Sue and Linda explain some of the process and how they decided to talk to their children about it. Their children, Emily and Elsie, talk about what they understand about how they were conceived. Resources: SHV have free teacher resources to assist with classroom teaching of Assisted Reproduction. These were developed with the support of Victorian Assisted Reproductive Treatment Authority (VARTA) For more about SHV, go to @ shvic.org.au.

In this episode, chair of Intersex Human Rights Dr Agli Zavros-Orr speaks of their advocacy work and their lived experience as a person born with an intersex variation. Young people often ask us how bodies can be different. Agli helps explain the diversity of human sex characteristics. Resources: See more at Intersex Human Rights Australia. Find Agli’s research at research gate. See book Raising Rosie for families. For more about SHV @ shvic.org.au.

Part 7 of 7. eSafety. Australia’s Online Safety Regulator. This series of podcasts is produced with the support of the Office of the eSafety Commissioner. We will look closely at how young people might engage with sexual content online and how parents and carers can get involved in this discussion. In this episode Sharon Trotter Education Manager of Education, Prevention and Inclusion talks about the scope of eSafety and the role that they have in prevention of harm online. See eSafety at https://www.esafety.gov.au/. Sexual Health Victoria at https://shvic.org.au/