Profile – Sienna Aguilar – The Social Change Agency

Social Change Agency Membership Profile

Expertise

Whole of school approach to primary prevention of gender-based violence

Gender equality and gender equity

Gender/media/critical literacy

Young women’s rights and civic participation

Respectful relationships and sexuality

Engaging men and feminism

Prevention gender-based violence including men’s violence against women

Bio: Sienna is an applied sociologist creating partnerships for the prevention of gender-based violence and enabling young people to foster positive, respectful relationships. As a facilitator supporting schools to apply a ‘gender lens’, she builds the capacity of school leaders to embed models of respectful relationships across whole-school initiatives. Sienna is a lead member of the Young Women’s Advisory Group of the Equality Rights Alliance, advocating for sexuality and respectful relationships education that is informed by and meets the needs of young women.