Activity details
Delivery of the Enhancing Online Safety of Women project and Women’s Health Victoria’s Gender Equality in Advertising project. This is to address sexism and the condoning of violence against women online and address the drivers of violence against women in advertising settings.
This activity is part of a broader activity to continue to build community engagement and awareness about the drivers of family violence and deliver activities to challenge attitudes and beliefs that enable violence to occur.
Implementation progress update
The ‘Enhancing Online Safety of Women’ project has been completed. The project successfully delivered 3 separate reports looking into the prevalence of online harassment of women in sport, politics and media sectors and each made a range of recommendations for the industries to prevent gendered hate and violence in these sectors through evidence-based interventions. For more information see:
- Enhancing Online Safety for Women Working in the Media (Gender Equality Victoria [GEN VIC] - 2019)
- Gendered Online Harassment in Politics (GEN VIC - December 2022)
- Addressing Online Harm in Australian Women's Sport (Deakin University - February 2024)
The Women’s Health Victoria’s Gender Equality in Advertising project has been completed. The project successfully established an evidence-base for promoting gender equality in advertising and increased awareness and understanding of the link between sexist advertising, gender inequality and violence against women among industry stakeholders. An evaluation has been made publicly available. For more information see shEqual project Evaluation - Advancing Gender Equality in the Advertising Industry.
More information
- Learn about the National Plan to End Violence against women and children 2022-2032.
- Read the First Action Plan 2023-2027.
- Browse the First Action Plan 2023-2027 Activities Addendum update.