Preventing violence against women

Preventing violence against women

Our Watch is Australia’s leader in the primary prevention of violence against women.

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The ME/WE campaign aims to support long-lasting change by increasing understanding about how gender inequality drives violence against women.

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New guidance for the use of photos in media reporting of violence against women.

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Create safe-to-speak cultures that assist workplaces in meeting their positive duty obligations.

Our Watch Institute

Learn from Australia’s leading team of violence prevention experts with training and consulting to help workplaces end violence against women.

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Upcoming events

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  • 9 Apr, 2025

  • Online via Zoom

  • Free

Explore masculinities in sport, focusing on how positive expressions of masculinity can foster inclusion, gender equality, and cultural change.

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A webinar for practitioners who want to transform masculinities and engage men and boys in preventing gender-based violence.

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Practical strategies to help universities meaningfully engage students in prevention approaches, promote student voice and lived experience.

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Our key frameworks

Read our overarching national framework, Change the story, and other key resources related to the primary prevention of violence against women in Australia.

Learn more about Change the story

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Change the story publications and videos outline the actions needed to address the underlying drivers of violence against women.

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Changing the picture outlines the actions to address the drivers of violence against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.

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Changing the landscape is a guide to the prevention of violence against women and girls with disabilities.

Latest news

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Primary prevention work is about stopping violence before it starts, and is underpinned by decades of research, scholarship and the voices of victim-survivors.

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Our Watch and Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health will work together to strengthen the prevention of violence against women from migrant and refugee backgrounds.  

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  • Published 14 Feb, 2025

Research shows the positive impacts in Victorian schools that have implemented respectful relationships education include reductions in sexual bullying, improvement in classroom behaviour, increased knowledge about gender and abuse and schools developing more equal cultures.