Gender Equality

The Shire's Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2030 provides a prevention framework to guide the work needed to prevent violence against women and their children and increase gender equality. The Strategy is based on a national framework developed by OurWatch, Change the Story: A shared framework for the primary prevention of violence against women and their children in Australia. It identifies drivers of violence and actions to prevent them. The Strategy emphasises the importance of a whole of community approach through implementing strategies and key actions across six key priority settings where we live, work, learn and play.

Did you know violence against women has distinct gendered drivers? Evidence shows there are four factors that 'drive' violence against women?

The Shire has a long-standing commitment to working in partnership to address the gendered drivers of violence against women and their children in our community by supporting efforts and actions in:

  • Driver 1 - Challenging the condoning of violence against women
  • Driver 2 - Promoting women's independence and decision-making in public and relationships
  • Driver 3 - Building new social norms that foster personal identities not constrained by rigid gender stereotypes
  • Driver 4 - Supporting men and boys in developing healthy masculinities and positive, supportive male peer relations

Please see the tabs below for more details on local projects and initiatives and the Shire's Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2030 annual reports and action plans.

The Shire has obligations under the Gender Equality Act 2020 to increase workplace gender equality. Our Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2030 and related information is available at Gender Equality Commitment.

Projects and initiatives

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