Women's Health In the North

Five years ago, Victoria led the way with the Gender Equality Act 2020, a game-changing piece of legislation driving positive change across public sector workplaces.

The Gender Equality Act aims to promote gender equality and address the systemic causes of gender inequality. It applies to Victorian public sector organisations that have 50 or more employees.

Under the Act, these organisations are required to:

• take action towards achieving workplace gender equality, and

• consider and promote gender equality in their policies, programs and services.

Since the Act was first enacted in 2020, WHIN has been proud to support nearly a dozen organisations in embedding gender equality into their policies, programs, services and workplaces.

WHIN’s Impact So Far:

• Worked with 11 organisations, including state and local governments, tertiary education, and health organisations

• Supported the development of five Gender Equality Action Plans

• Delivered 18 Gender Impact Assessments training sessions

• Trained 230+ professionals across state government, local government, tertiary education, and health.

The Gender Equality Act has not only fostered safer and more inclusive workplaces but also driven intersectional gender analysis across policies and services – benefiting all Victorians.

WHIN remains committed to championing gender equality and creating meaningful, lasting change.

The annual Week Without Violence (WWV) is coming up on 15–21 October 2018. The WWV is a global campaign to end violence against women.

This year, almost 50 organisations in the northern metropolitan region are planning to run WWV activities, with the majority planning a Clothesline Project activity, which focuses on raising awareness about family violence. The NIFVS Coordination team held a workshop on 6 September 2018 for campaigners to come together and discuss plans for their events.