The eSafety Women training program was independently evaluated 12 months after its launch, to assist in shaping its strategic direction and future policy development. The program provides professional development training to workers supporting women who are experiencing or at risk of experiencing technology-facilitated abuse. It is specifically aimed at workers who provide support to women with intellectual or cognitive disability.

The evaluation adopted a mixed methods approach consisting of the following components: 

• an online quantitative pre- and post-training survey with training attendees – to assess perceptions and impact of the program directly following participation
• qualitative interviews with training attendees – to gather data at longer term follow-up about the value of the program to attendees' work, as well as to identify elements that could be improved for future iterations of the program.

The program met or exceeded expectations against all three criteria:

• Awareness of technology-faciltated abuse: 74% of respondents reported they had strong understanding of technology-facilitated abuse, a significant increase from the 39% who said they had a strong understanding before the training.
• Evidence of learning: 97% of respondents reported learning something new in the training.
• Behaviour change: the program demonstrated evidence of behaviour change among the participants – 97% of respondents indicated they intended to use at least one of the eSafety resources mentioned in the training. At longer term follow up, most interview participants reported they had used something from their training as part of their work.