Putting the prevention of violence against women into practice

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    The Handbook presents the ‘how’ of primary prevention and provides detailed step-by-step guidance, tips, case studies, tools and resources to support you in undertaking your prevention work.

    It was developed to complement Change the story.

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    Putting the prevention of violence against women into practice

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    The Handbook has been written for prevention practitioners who are engaged in activities that aim to prevent violence against women. Practitioners may focus on preventing violence against women as part or all of their work and may be working in a range of settings or contexts.

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