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Building a Respectful Community Partnership

Building a Respectful Community Strategy 2022–26 (PDF)

The front page of the strategy. Text says 'Building a Respectful Community Strategy 2022–26'. Illustrations below show four women in front of a green background. Illustrations of a rainbow and wattle appear in the background.

The new Strategy aims to guide and inspire organisations across Melbourne’s north to prevent gender-based violence and promote gender equity in workplaces, community groups and neighbourhoods, communications, services and facilities.

For more information about the Building a Respectful Community project, click here.

Building a Respectful Community Action Plan 2024–26

The Building a Respectful Community Action Plan 2024–2026 is the second action plan to support the implementation of the Building a Respectful Strategy 2022–2026. The BRC Action Plan 2024–2026 captures partners actions which align with the BRC objectives to showcase primary prevention work happening across the Northern Metropolitan Region, support information sharing and foster connection across the partnership.

Building a Respectful Community Action Plan 2022–24 (PDF)

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The BRC Action Plan 2022-2024 is the first of two action plans which will guide the implementation of the Building a Respectful Community Strategy 2022-206 for the first two years.

For more information about the Building a Respectful Community project, click here.

Student-Led Gender Equality Pilot Evaluation Report (PDF)

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Guided by the Respectful Relationships education framework, the Student-led Gender Equality Pilot sought to empower Grade 6 students to identify and address gender inequality through a student-led, co-designed approach. It was designed and implemented by a group of partner organisations on behalf of the Building a Respectful Community partnership.
This evaluation report is also available in Word Docx format.

Allyship in Action – Building Bystander Action for Trans and Gender Equity: Forum Outcomes Paper (PDF)

Zoe Belle Gender Collective and Women’s Health In the North partnered to deliver a learning forum in April 2024 called Allyship in Action: Building Bystander Action for Trans and Gender Equity. This Forum Outcomes Paper details learnings and opportunities for strengthening collaborative action towards a shared vision for gender equity that is inclusive of trans and gender-diverse communities.

This document is available in PDF (click image at left or title above) and in Word format at this link: Allyship in Action – Building Bystander Action for Trans and Gender Equity: Forum Outcomes Paper (Docx)

Engaging Men in the Prevention of Gender-Based Violence (PDF)

The front cover of the Engaging Men in the Prevention of Gender-Based Violence document

The ‘Engaging Men in the Prevention of Gender-Based Violence (PGBV) Community of Practice’ (CoP) is a collective action of the BRC Partnership co-chaired by WHIN and the City of Whittlesea. This practice guide was developed by the CoP to share learnings on how to set up safe, facilitated spaces with recommendations for similar CoPs.

This document is available in PDF (click image at left or title above) and Word format here.

Pr eventing Violence Against Women: Stories of Achievement from Melbourne’s North (PDF)

The front cover of this resources shows text that says 'Preventing Violence Against Women: Stories of Achievement from Melbourne's North'. A pale blue background with colourful shapes and an illustration of wattle. The WHIN and BRC logos appear at the bottom.

WHIN’s third Stories of Achievement features 15 case studies of the commitment and innovative works of the Building a Respectful Community Partnership. This publication focuses on preventing gender-based violence and progressing gender equality in the northern metropolitan region in the year 2021–22.

Preventing Violence against Women: Stories of achievement from Melbourne’s north: 2020 (PDF)

The front cover of this resources shows text that says 'PREVENTING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: STORIES OF ACHIEVEMENT FROM MELBOURNE’S NORTH 2020'. Sixteen small photos of women holding up signs with messages about gender equality appear. The WHIN and BRC logos appear at the bottom of the page.

A collection of case studies of preventing violence against women projects across diverse settings and population groups, shared by the Building a Respectful Community Partnership. WHIN compiled this collection to promote evidence-based and intersectional practice and assist prevention workers to share learnings, challenges and successes. The previous collection of case studies from 2017 is also available here.

Evaluation of the Building a Respectful Community Strategy and Partnership 2017-2021 (PDF)

This report evaluates the third term of the BRC partnership, an alliance of 24 organisations led by WHIN who are committed to working together to prevent violence. It assesses the degree to which the partnership has progressed towards the goals and objectives outlined in the 2017-2021 strategy.

Building a Respectful Community Evaluation Report 2017–19 (PDF)

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This evaluation brings together data from 24 organisations to evaluate primary prevention of violence against women action across Melbourne’s north and the Building a Respectful Community (BRC) Partnership approach. It reports on the first two years of implementation of the BRC Strategy and will inform future directions and actions for the next two years.

16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence

The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Campaign (25 November–10 December) is a global campaign dedicated to ending violence against women and girls.

Campaign resources 2023

In 2023, WHIN produced social media tiles in Arabic, English, Greek, Hindi, Urdu and Tamil with two additional messages related to sexual and reproductive health.

16 Days WHIN 2023 Tiles (High Resolution JPEGS in ZIP file 10MB)

Campaign resources 2020-2021

In 2020 and 2021, WHIN led a social media campaign using inclusive social media tiles designed in-house, with the theme ‘Taking Action for Gender Equality Every Day’. This theme features one action per day that we can all take to prevent gender-based violence.

16 Days WHIN 2021 High Resolution Tiles (JPEGS in ZIP file 23MB)

Taking Action for Gender Equality Every Day Social Marketing Package 2020 (PDF)

Communication resources

Communications Guidelines for Preventing Violence Against Women (PDF)

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This resource is for communications officers to support them in promoting gender equality and preventing violence against women. It provides a guide to performing gender analysis for communications outputs and considerations for gender-responsive practice.

Leading the North to Prevent Violence against Women (Video)

This short video highlights the strong leadership in Melbourne’s northern region in the prevention of violence against women. It features workplace leaders from the Building a Respectful Community Partnership talking about gender equitable strategies they’re using in their workplaces.

Preventing Violence against Women in the North (Video)

Building A Respectful Community: Preventing Violence against Women in the North is our regional infographic clip. This conversation starter can be used as a resource for individuals and organisations working in the northern region of Melbourne to use and share.