About Rape Prevention Education

AIM
Rape Prevention Education - Whakatu Mauri (formerly Rape Crisis Auckland) is a non-profit agency founded in 1975. Rape Prevention Education (RPE) works to eliminate rape and sexual abuse through education and community work. RPE also provides support and information to survivors of sexual abuse and their whanau/friends though a telephone information, referral and support-line.

ABOUT OUR DIRECTOR

Dr Kim McGregor is the Director of Rape Prevention Education. Under the direction of Dr. McGregor, RPE develops and delivers sexual violence prevention programmes throughout Auckland and the country. A survivor advocate, Dr. McGregor is a founding and steering group member of the Te Ohaakii a Hine - National Network Ending Sexual Violence Together (TOAH-NNEST), and was a member of the Task Force for Action on Sexual Violence (2007-2009). Dr. McGregor has worked as a therapist with survivors of sexual abuse for over 20 years. She is the author of the first set of ACC national guidelines for therapists working with child sexual abuse (CSA) (2001), a self-help book for adult survivors of CSA Warriors of Truth (1994), and the up-dated version Surviving and Moving On (2008).

SERVICES

Crisis Information and Referral Telephone & Email Service - free of charge

Rape Prevention Education offers support to more than 500 female and male survivors of rape and sexual abuse each year. RPE's website offers additional support to another 26,000 people yearly. RPE also distributes 20,000 free brochures with specialized information to more than 30 community organizations. Brochures include After Sexual Assault, Date Rape, Drug Rape, Incest, Partner Rape, Reporting to the Police, Supporting a Survivor, The Sexual Abuse of Males, Understanding Sexual Abuse and You and Your Child. RPE also disseminates translated written materials in more than 16 languages for migrant and refugee communities and thoseworking with them. (Pacific Island, Maori and Asian).

Education Programmes

BodySafe: BodSafe is an educational programme that teaches more than 3,000 young people about sexual abuse and respectful relationships each year. To date, More than 18,000 students have received BodySafe education in Auckland (primary/secondary prevention). Click here to find out more >>

Tiaki Tinana: Tiaki Tinana is sexual violence prevention programme developed by Maori clinical specialists in consultation with Maori leaders, professionals and representatives from hapu and iwi. In addition to community education, the Tiaki Tinana specialists work across the agency as cultural advisors. Tiaki Tinana workshops are available throughout Tai Tokerau, Waikato and Northland (primary/secondary prevention). Click here to find out more >>

Professional Education - Professional Education workshops provide specialist training to more than 1,000 professionals annually, including police, health workers, teachers and hospitality workers. RPE's Professional Education programme includes more than eight workshops including:

Dealing with Disclosures: for health professionals – how to respond to disclosures of sexual violence (secondary/tertiary prevention). Click here to find out more >>

Preventing Sexual Violence: What works for Youth: for youth workers – evidence based approaches for providing prevention instruction to youth (primary prevention). Click here to find out more >>

Sexual Abuse and Trauma Inquiry and Response: for healthcare professions – training in recording history of sexual abuse and trauma and responding to disclosures (secondary prevention).

Youth and Sexual Violence: for youth workers – issues associated with sexual violence that may occur young people’s lives (secondary prevention).

False allegations: challenges the widely held belief that false allegations of sexual violence are common (secondary prevention).

Myths, History and Perceptions: debunks commonly held myths about sexual violence (secondary prevention).

Host Responsibility: for hospitality professionals how to prevent sexual violence in the work place and how to keep patrons safe (primary prevention)

Creating Safe Families, Whanau & Communities: for postnatal care and home based childcare professionals - preventing sexual violence, understanding offender behaviours and dealing with disclosures (primary/secondary prevention).

" Keep up the ongoing fantastic work you are doing. I’m sure others will continue to learn with the knowledge you have shown us," Professional Education Participant.

SURVIVOR ADVOCACY

Rape Prevention Education’s advocacy programme was established to profile the need for improvements to survivor services, including legislation. RPE Survivor Advocates include: Dr. Kim McGregor, Louise Nicholas and Aaron Gilmore of Dancing with the Stars.

For more information please click on the suitable link or email info@rapecrisis.org.nz