Mission: to encourage and support children, young people and adults to develop positive personal identities that are not constrained by gender stereotypes. For more information, connections and resources about preventing violence against women:www.ourwatch.org.auTo connect with us and find out more:www.agentsforchange.com.auTo connect with Hala Abdelbour and the Institute of Non-Violenceionv.com.auFor a transcript of this episode, click hereMusic Credits“Blue” - by Philip Okerstrom, “Sneaking Secret Agent” by Praded, “An Arcade Adventure,” “A Train Ride Away,” “A Sentimental Start,” “An Inside Track,” “A Life Begins,””A Fascinating Feeling,” “A Deep Emotion,” and “A Timeless Journey by Steven Schwartz, “Deliebes Flower Duet Lakme” by D Hamilton for Lynne Publishing, “Tonight,” by Phil Crawford, “Footsteps” by Jess Rees and Phil Crawford, “La Pompe du Trompe,” “What’s the Angle,” “Funk in the Trunk,” “Tomorrow’s Times,” and “Moments” by Shane Ivers, “Accoustic Road” by Music Dog, “I Just Want You” by Steve Rice, “Fast Jazz Drums and Bass” by Evolving Vibes, “Jet Pilot Anthem” by Audio Visual Films, “Creative Thinking” by Tristan Noon, “Light Science Comedy Documentary” by The Dapper Chap, “Wonders of the Ocean” by Purple Planet Music, “Fight” by Positive Sounds, “Underwater” by silverhoof, “AI Technological Brain” by Pavel Krychtalek, “Swinging Jazz Bass and Drums” by Rich Emery, “No Tomorrow,” and “Pizzicato Bass Loop” by DL Sounds, “Emotional Ambient Strings” by Orchestralis, “Unanswered Questions,” “New Direction,” and “On the Cool Side,” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Episode Citations“Delusions of Gender” by Cordelia Fine Icon Books, 2010“Testosterone Rex” by Cordelia Fine, Icon Books, 2017Van Anders. S, Steiger. J, Goldey, K. L. “Effects of Gendered Behaviour on Testosterone in Women and Men” PNAS Nov 2015 Vol 112 no 45 13805 - 13810Webster, K., Diemer, K., Honey, N., Mannix, S., Mickle, J., Morgan, J., Parkes, A., Politoff, V., Powell, A., Stubbs, J., & Ward, A. (2018). Australians’ attitudes to violence against women and gender equality. Findings from the 2017 National Community Attitudes towards Violence against Women Survey (NCAS) (Research report, 03/2018). Sydney, NSW: ANROWS.“Putting the prevention of violence against women into practice: How to Change the story “ by Monique Keel (Our Watch), Jane Torney (Our Watch), Emma Fulu (The Equality Institute), Sarah McCook (The Equality Institute), Scott Holmes (Our Watch), Michelle Hunt (Our Watch), Yvonne Lay (Our Watch) and Cathy Warczak (Our Watch) 2017 Our WatchAgents for Change has been funded through The Australian Government Department of Social Services through White Ribbon Australia and supported by Shellharbour City Council and Beyond Empathy.

Mission: to promote equal access to power and resources and call out limits or controls that women experience in public or private life. For more information, connections and resources about preventing violence against women:www.ourwatch.org.auTo connect with us and find out more:www.agentsforchange.com.auTo connect with Hala Abdelbour and the Institute of Non-Violenceionv.com.auFor a transcipt of this episode, click hereMusic Credits “A Step Forward” “A Loony Tune” “A Change for the Better” “A Step Forward,” “A Deep Emotion” “A Rush of Emotion” and “A Timeless Journey” by Steven Schwartz, “Dark Piano Drama” “Dark Baroque Pizzicato Violin” and “Emotional Ambient Strings” by Orchestralis, “Walking Bass Jazz Club” by Catch 22 Music, “I just want you” and “Broad Street Bebop” by Steve Rice, “Dark Piano” by Bright Light, “Blues” by Dany Vindiuk, “Skating Squirrels,” “What’s the Angle” and “Dirty Gertie” by Shane Ivers, “Swinging Jazz Bass And Drums” by Rich Emery “Fast Jazz Drums and Bass” by Evolving Vibes, “Secret Agent Mission” by Praded, “Detective” by Archimusic, “Documentary Science” by Marblespace, “Documentary” by Roman Korolkov, “Waking Up” by Adi Goldstein, “New Direction” “Thinking Music” “Unanswered Questions,” “Fast Does It” and “Long Note Two” by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Episode Citations “Delusions of Gender” by Cordelia Fine Icon Books, 2010“Testosterone Rex” by Cordelia Fine, Icon Books, 2017Webster, K., Diemer, K., Honey, N., Mannix, S., Mickle, J., Morgan, J., Parkes, A., Politoff, V., Powell, A., Stubbs, J., & Ward, A. (2018). Australians’ attitudes to violence against women and gender equality. Findings from the 2017 National Community Attitudes towards Violence against Women Survey (NCAS) (Research report, 03/2018). Sydney, NSW: ANROWS. “Putting the prevention of violence against women into practice: How to Change the story “ by Monique Keel (Our Watch), Jane Torney (Our Watch), Emma Fulu (The Equality Institute), Sarah McCook (The Equality Institute), Scott Holmes (Our Watch), Michelle Hunt (Our Watch), Yvonne Lay (Our Watch) and Cathy Warczak (Our Watch) 2017 Our WatchAgents for Change has been funded through The Australian Government Department of Social Services through White Ribbon Australia and supported by Shellharbour City Council and Beyond Empathy.

Mission: to shift social support for attitudes, beliefs, behaviours, systems and practices that justify, excuse, trivialise or downplay violence against women.If you, or someone you care about, need support please contact 1800 Respect on 1800 737 732.For more information, connections and resources about preventing violence against women:www.ourwatch.org.auTo connect with us and find out more:www.agentsforchange.com.auTo connect with Hala Abdelbour and the Institute of Non-Violenceionv.com.auAgents VS Excuses also features Sarah and Ethan from "What were you wearing?" - a community organisation fighting to end sexual violence. To find out more and get involved:whatwereyouwearingaus.orgFor a transcript of this episode click hereMusic Credits“A Timeless Journey”, “A Fascinating Feeling” “A Life Begins” “A Step Forward” “A Sentimental Start” “An Endless Horizon” “A Train Ride Away” and “A Deep Emotion” by Steven Schwartz, “Ah 24 Hours” “PJ” “MC Jazzy Crunch in Da House” “Intro No Drums” Phil Okerstrom, “Waking Up” by Ali Goldstein, “Moments” by Shane Ivers, “Dark Documentary Solo Strings” and “Cinematic Cello“ by Orchestralis “Almost in F” “Long Note 2” “Bass Walker” “The Hive” “Thinking Music” “Master Disorder” “Unanswered Questions” “New Direction” “Clean Soul” and “Faster Does It” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Episode Citations “Bystander Response to an Assault: When a Man Attacks a Woman” Shotland and Straw, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 1976, Vol. 34, No. 5, 990-999“Be aware to care: Public self-awareness leads to a reversal of the bystander effect” van Bommel, van Prooijen, Elffers and Van Lange, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 48 (2012) 926–930 "Would I Be Helped? Cross-National CCTV Footage Shows That Intervention Is the Norm in Public Conflicts", Philpot, Levine, Liebst, Bernasco and Lindegaard, American Psychologist 2020 Vol 75 No 1 66 - 75 “Group Cohesiveness, Social Norms, and Bystander Intervention” Gregory K. Rutkowski, Charles L. Cruder, and Daniel Romer. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1983, Vol. 44, No. 3, 545-552 Agents for Change has been funded through The Australian Government Department of Social Services through White Ribbon Australia and supported by Shellharbour City Council and Beyond Empathy.

In our Preview Episode we started by asking, why science? Why look at what science and research might be able to tell us about preventing violence against women?If you, or someone you care about, need support please contact 1800 Respect on 1800 737 732.For more information, connections and resources about preventing violence against women:www.ourwatch.org.auTo connect with us and find out more:www.agentsforchange.com.auTo connect with Hala Abdelbour and the Institute of Non-Violenceionv.com.auFor a transcipt of this episode click hereMusic Credits“Science” by Niki N. Phaser, “A Timeless Journey”, “A Fascinating Feeling” “A Life Begins” and “A Deep Emotion” by Steven Schwartz, “Science Documentary” by Roman Korolkov, “Dark Documentary Solo Strings” and “Inspiring Classical Cello Solo“ by OrchestralisAgents for Change has been funded through The Australian Government Department of Social Services through White Ribbon Australia and supported by Shellharbour City Council and Beyond Empathy.