Activity details
A new gender equality strategy, Our Equal State: Victoria’s Gender Equality Strategy and Action Plan 2023–27 (Our equal state), which will build on Victoria’s first strategy Safe and Strong to achieve whole-of-community change by challenging entrenched gender norms and expanding and embedding existing reforms.
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
In August 2023, Victoria released Our equal state, a roadmap for 4 years of action and investment in gender equality to August 2027.
It includes 110 whole-of-Victorian Government and portfolio-specific actions to embed a shared understanding of, and responsibility for, gender equality priorities across government. These actions are focused on the key priorities of cultural change, health and wellbeing, safety and respect, economic equity, and the public sector as a leader. Work is underway across government to implement actions within the strategy. It also includes four public sector workforce targets to reduce the gender pay gap, reach parity in Chief Executive Officer and leadership roles and increase the number of men taking paid parental leave.
Our equal state is Victoria’s first gender equality action plan, a requirement under Victoria’s Gender Equality Act 2020. It provides a legislative mechanism for government to elevate and prioritise gender equality across all portfolios. A progress update will be tabled in Victorian Parliament (anticipated mid-2026) covering the first 2 years of strategy implementation.
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.