The Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) has won an international award for its domestic violence prevention booklet.

Prevention of Violence Against Women - Leading Change in the Victorian Local Government Sector is available in Microsoft Word format, here.

It was praised at the Avon Communications Awards: Speaking Out About Violence Against Women event.

The booklet captures some of the outstanding work that has been achieved by Victorian councils working in the area of preventing violence against women, and gender equity more broadly.

The MAV was one of 20 organisations from around the world to be chosen as finalists for the prestigious prize.

The Avon awards recognise outstanding communications campaigns that help change communities, policies, institutions and behaviours, to end violence against women.

As per the Avon Foundation’s policy, the $5000 grant must be given to a non-government partner organisation.

The MAV say it will decide in the coming weeks how best to forward on the grant.

More details about MAV’s work on gender equity are available here.