Sexual & Reproductive Health Workshops

This program is designed to increase participants’ knowledge of healthy, respectful sexual relationships, and give participants’ the knowledge to optimise their reproductive health. 

The content of the session(s) can be tailored to ensure it meets the established learning objectives of participants and can be delivered as a single workshop or standalone sessions.  

Program Modules

1. Respectful relationships and consent 
2. Rainbow relationships and sexuality 
3. Puberty and periods 
4. Reproductive health issues such as endometriosis and polycystic ovary syndrome  
5. Contraception and abortion  
6. Sexually transmissible infections and blood borne viruses  
7. Prevention of sexual violence 

Summary: Enhance understanding of menopause and perimenopause, including symptoms, diagnosis, hormonal and non-hormonal treatment options, and lifestyle behaviours that can support optimal well-being during this life stage.

Learning more about menopause and perimenopause can enable participants to seek help and take control of their health and well-being. 

Modules

• Physical and mental health symptoms of menopause and perimenopause including the long-term impacts of declining reproductive hormones on health (i.e. bone and heart health) 
• Diagnostic process for menopause and perimenopause including symptom tracking and menstrual bleeding 
• Treatment options and lifestyle changes to support symptom management  
• Behaviours to support healthy ageing, including screening, strength training and other forms of physical activity, and social inclusion 
• Seeking help for improved outcomes during menopause and perimenopause 

Summary: This workshop increases understanding of reproductive coercion as a form of gender-based violence. Participants will learn the appropriate referral pathways and support options for victim-survivors of reproductive coercion and enhance their confidence to sensitively and appropriately support victim-survivors of reproductive coercion. 

Modules

• An understanding of reproductive coercion within the framework of gender-based violence 
• The physical and mental health impacts of reproductive coercion
• Current screening tools to enable practitioners to identify reproductive coercion 
• Existing referral pathways and support options for victim-survivors of reproductive coercion 

Summary: This session is designed to increase participants’ knowledge of cervical, bowel and breast cancer, including risk and protective factors for cancer, and increase willingness to participate in preventative screening. 

Modules

1. Cervical, breast and bowel cancer, including risk and protective factors for cancer 
2. Process for cervical, breast and bowel cancer screening 

Summary: Enhance understanding of common reproductive health issues that affect women and people with a uterus, including endometriosis and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). 

Reproductive health issues such as endometriosis and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) affect a significant proportion of women and f people assigned female at birth. Symptoms can be variable, but can include fatigue, chronic pain, irregular or heavy menstrual bleeding, and infertility. Although these are common reproductive health issues, there is a significant diagnostic delay, impeding access to treatment and support.   

Modules

1. Defining endometriosis and/or polycystic ovary syndrome and understanding causes 
2. Physical and mental health symptoms of endometriosis and/or polycystic ovary syndrome  
3. Diagnostic process for endometriosis and/or polycystic ovary syndrome including symptom tracking and menstrual bleeding 
4. Treatment options and lifestyle changes to support symptom management 
5. Seeking help for improved outcomes while living with endometriosis and/or polycystic ovary syndrome 

Summary: This training will increase practitioner knowledge and understanding of the new affirmative consent legislation, within a feminist, sex-positive and pleasure-based approach to human sexuality.

Affirmative consent involves ongoing and mutual communication and decision-making between each person involved. In 2023, the Victorian government officially adopted an affirmative consent model, shifting the onus of proving consent onto perpetrators of sexual violence, rather than victim-survivors. The legislative changes include changes to circumstances where there is no consent, inclusion of non-consensual condom tampering or removal, ‘stealthing’ as a sexual offence and changes to image-based sexual abuse laws.  

Modules

1. Principles of affirmative consent, including current context of legislative changes  
2. Linkages between gender inequality, gender-based violence and sexual and reproductive health outcomes 
3. Affirmative consent within primary prevention efforts 
4. Applying principles of affirmative consent to work as relevant 

Summary: This training will equip professionals and parents with the knowledge and skills to discuss sex, sexuality and body safety confidently with children and young adults. 

Evidence-based relationships and sexuality education is critical for young people, to prevent violence and exploitation of young people and ensure that they have access to the information they need to make informed decisions about their sexual health, sexuality and relationships.  

Modules

1. Principles of healthy, equitable and respectful relationships including affirmative consent 
2. Reproduction and pregnancy  
3. Sexual decision-making based on healthy choices and values 
4. Discussing contraception and sexually transmissible infections 
5. Sexual and gender diversity and inclusion 
6. Pornography and its impacts on young people 

Summary: Understand how to deliver culturally appropriate and sensitive services for LGBTIQ+ communities, to optimise physical and mental health outcomes, including sexual and reproductive health, and prevent discrimination based on gender identity and sexuality. 

Modules

1. Social determinants of LGBTIQ+ health and wellbeing, including how discrimination impacts physical and mental health outcomes of LGBTIQ+ communities  
2. Appropriate language and anti-discriminatory practices in supporting LGBTIQ+ clients and patients