March to June 2007: Educators run pilot Education Groups in own areas
Educators return to home territories & recruit young people to participate in local groups. Feedback from success of these ventures will inform further package refinement. If you'd like to know whether there's a group planned in your area contact Moira Carmody by email at m.carmody@uws.edu.au.

February 2007: Educator Programme
The group of experienced educators was carefully recruited. All came to UWS for a one-week intensive programme introducing the pilot Education Package. The package was further developed in light of Educator feedback.

December 2006: Report launch & educator recruitment
The project enters Stage 2 with a call for experienced educators - skilled in working with young people - to be trained to run the program in their areas.

The report titled "Developing ethical sexual lives: young people, sex and sexual assault prevention" was launched on December 8 2006. It details Stage 1 of the project & explores how young women and men of diverse sexualities from rural and city areas negotiate sexual intimacy, and canvasses their views on sexual assault prevention education. A PDF version of a four-page summary of the report is downloadable here.

October to November 2006: Report writing

July to September 2006: Data analysis

April to June 2006: Continuing participant interviews – including young women & men in the bush
Young people’s experiences - their joys, fears, anxieties about sex - as well as asking how they negotiate this intimacy - are often invisible in framing anti-violence education. This research will begin with interviewing young women and men of diverse cultural backgrounds and sexualities.

February & March 2006: Interviewing young women and men
The project reached the stage of recruiting participants to be interviewed. We were seeking 90 respondents - young women & men (16-25) who are:

• Having sex, choosing not to have sex, not sure about sex or not sure who they want to have sex with
• Living in or around:
  • Inner city Sydney
  • Penrith
  • Northern Beaches

We believe that prevention education should have a primary focus on this age group and include men as well as women. Want to know more? See Ask a Question for more detailed information.