Respect Victoria: Preventing Family Violence and Empowering Women

 
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Victoria's first agency dedicated to the prevention of
family violence and all forms of violence against women
September 2018
 
Introduction to Respect Victoria
 
Respect Victoria focusses on the primary
prevention of family violence for all Victorians.
That means stopping violence before it starts, by
changing the culture that allows it to happen
We are the only Victorian organisation dedicated
to the primary prevention of all forms of family
violence
We are being established under the Prevention
of Family Violence Bill (2018) to:
o
Fulfil Recommendation 188 of the Royal
Commission into Family Violence
o
Deliver on commitments in 
Free from
Violence
 (Victoria’s strategy to prevent
family violence and all forms of violence
against women)
 
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Passage of Legislation
 
 Respect Victoria is now enshrined in law
Doors to Respect Victoria opened on
1 August 2018
Bill passed the Legislative Assembly on
9 August 2018
Bill passed the Legislative Council on
23 August 2018
The Legislative Assembly agreed to
amendments made by the Legislative
Council on 5 September 2018 effectively
enshrining Respect Victoria in law as a
Statutory Authority
 
3
 
Transition to Statutory Authority
 
Papers for the Governor in Council are
currently being finalised
Board members will be appointed by
Governor in Council on the recommendation
of the Minister
It is envisaged that Respect Victoria
will be a fully functioning Statutory Authority
by 4 October 2018
 
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Respect Victoria’s Mandate
 
Respect Victoria will address all forms of family violence, working across the
whole community and with new strategic partners, in a range of settings in
which Victorians live, work, learn play and engage
Legislation outlines the governance and responsibilities of the Statutory
Authority
Establishing Respect Victoria as a Statutory Authority will fulfil
Recommendation 188 of the Royal Commission into Family Violence
It will also deliver on two of the five pillars outlined in 
Free From Violence:
Victoria’s Strategy To Prevent Family Violence And All Forms Of Violence
Against Women:
o
Engage and communicate with the community
o
Research and evaluate
 
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What Does It Mean To Become a Statutory
Authority?
 
Responds to Recommendation 188 of the Royal Commission into Family
Violence
As a Statutory Authority, Respect Victoria will:
o
be 
impartial and independent
o
advocate and lobby to and with government on behalf of all Victorians
o
establish formal and informal alliances and partnerships with government
and non-government organisations, working towards a Victoria free from
violence
o
remain core business of government – its work will be enduring
 
6
 
Who We Are – Advisory Board & Executive
 
Respect Victoria is led by an Advisory Board of eight Directors, including a
Chair, and the CEO
Membership of the Advisory Board is skills-based and drawn from diverse
sectors, including prevention of family violence, communications, cultural
diversity, law, primary health, financial management, risk management and
governance
Membership:
o
Melanie 
Eagle (Chair)
o
Andi Diamond, Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Rod Jackson, Emily Maguire,
Julia 
Mason, Steve Walsh,
Victim Survivors Advisory Council member (to be appointed)
 
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Who We Are – Management Team
OPERATIONS
Manager
AMY PRENDERGAST
Senior Advisor
Operations & HR
KELLY JOHNSON
 
Senior Adviser
Research & Evaluation
LAURA WOOD
COMMUNICATIONS
Manager
JULIA KNIGHT
Senior Communications
Advisor
LUKE BUTLER
Principal Legal Adviser
SARAH MASTERS
Project Officer
MARIE NEDELKOVA
RESPECT VICTORIA
Chief Executive Officer
TRACEY GAUDRY
Executive Assistant
FELICITY CARROLL
RESEARCH
Manager
STEFANI COOPER
SHARED SERVICES FROM DHHS
Senior Advisor
Board Governance
SARAH PISANI
 
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Function and Purpose
 
Respect Victoria will be a dedicated agency focused on addressing all forms
of family violence, rather than focussing specifically on men’s violence against
women and their children and/or broader health promotion
The organisation will work to prevent family violence against
women, men, children and young people, people with a disability, Aboriginal
peoples, older people, people with diverse gender and sexual identities, and
people from diverse cultural backgrounds, through driving
high-quality evidence and communicating these with
government, community and organisations
It will do this through two of the five pillars outlined in 
Free From Violence:
o
engage and communicate with the community
o
research and evaluate
 
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Key Priorities – Communicate
 
Respect Victoria will transform and lead high quality communications,
to improve the way government, organisations and the community
work to prevent family violence
Immediate awareness and behaviour change campaigns include:
State-wide mass campaigns:
o
Respect Women - Call it Out
o
LGBTI
o
Aboriginal
o
Elder abuse
o
Victoria Against Violence (working with Office for Women)
 
10
 
Key Priorities – Engage
 
Respect Victoria will work with partners across a range of settings including
rural and regional Victoria, education and care settings, workplaces,
community organisations, faith-based and cultural organisations, sport,
the arts and media
This approach will ensure quality primary prevention programming
becomes part of core business in government, sectors, non-government
and the private sectors, and that civil society takes greater responsibility
for the prevention of family violence, including increasing positive
bystander behaviour in the face of sexism and all forms of discrimination
 
11
 
Key Priorities – Research and Evaluation
 
Respect Victoria will build on Victoria’s
prevention activity into world leading practice, providing
high-quality research and evaluation
It will do this by:
o
Developing a draft strategic short, medium and
long-term research and evaluation agenda based on
identified gaps in the evidence base including
prevalence, drivers, contributing factors and quality
programming evaluation
o
Establishing a research alliance and partnerships
with primary prevention organisations to inform the
development of an evidence and research
framework
 
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Respect Victoria is Victoria's first agency dedicated to preventing family violence and all forms of violence against women. Established under the Prevention of Family Violence Bill in 2018, Respect Victoria focuses on primary prevention by changing the culture that allows violence to occur. It is now enshrined in law as a Statutory Authority, set to fully function by October 2018. Respect Victoria's mandate includes addressing all forms of family violence, engaging the community, conducting research and evaluation, and working with strategic partners across various settings where Victorians live, work, learn, play, and engage.


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  1. Respect Victoria Victoria's first agency dedicated to the prevention of family violence and all forms of violence against women September 2018

  2. Introduction to Respect Victoria Respect Victoria focusses on the primary prevention of family violence for all Victorians. That means stopping violence before it starts, by changing the culture that allows it to happen We are the only Victorian organisation dedicated to the primary prevention of all forms of family violence We are being established under the Prevention of Family Violence Bill (2018) to: o Fulfil Recommendation 188 of the Royal Commission into Family Violence Deliver on commitments in Free from Violence (Victoria s strategy to prevent family violence and all forms of violence against women) o 2

  3. Passage of Legislation Respect Victoria is now enshrined in law Doors to Respect Victoria opened on 1 August 2018 Bill passed the Legislative Assembly on 9 August 2018 Bill passed the Legislative Council on 23 August 2018 The Legislative Assembly agreed to amendments made by the Legislative Council on 5 September 2018 effectively enshrining Respect Victoria in law as a Statutory Authority 3

  4. Transition to Statutory Authority Papers for the Governor in Council are currently being finalised Board members will be appointed by Governor in Council on the recommendation of the Minister It is envisaged that Respect Victoria will be a fully functioning Statutory Authority by 4 October 2018 4

  5. Respect Victorias Mandate Respect Victoria will address all forms of family violence, working across the whole community and with new strategic partners, in a range of settings in which Victorians live, work, learn play and engage Legislation outlines the governance and responsibilities of the Statutory Authority Establishing Respect Victoria as a Statutory Authority will fulfil Recommendation 188 of the Royal Commission into Family Violence It will also deliver on two of the five pillars outlined in Free From Violence: Victoria s Strategy To Prevent Family Violence And All Forms Of Violence Against Women: Engage and communicate with the community o Research and evaluate o 5

  6. What Does It Mean To Become a Statutory Authority? Responds to Recommendation 188 of the Royal Commission into Family Violence As a Statutory Authority, Respect Victoria will: o be impartial and independent advocate and lobby to and with government on behalf of all Victorians o establish formal and informal alliances and partnerships with government and non-government organisations, working towards a Victoria free from violence o o remain core business of government its work will be enduring 6

  7. Who We Are Advisory Board & Executive Respect Victoria is led by an Advisory Board of eight Directors, including a Chair, and the CEO Membership of the Advisory Board is skills-based and drawn from diverse sectors, including prevention of family violence, communications, cultural diversity, law, primary health, financial management, risk management and governance Membership: o Melanie Eagle (Chair) o Andi Diamond, Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Rod Jackson, Emily Maguire, Julia Mason, Steve Walsh, Victim Survivors Advisory Council member (to be appointed) 7

  8. Who We Are Management Team RESPECT VICTORIA Chief Executive Officer TRACEY GAUDRY Executive Assistant FELICITY CARROLL OPERATIONS Manager AMY PRENDERGAST RESEARCH Manager STEFANI COOPER COMMUNICATIONS Manager JULIA KNIGHT Senior Advisor Operations & HR KELLY JOHNSON Principal Legal Adviser SARAH MASTERS Senior Adviser Research & Evaluation LAURA WOOD Senior Communications Advisor LUKE BUTLER Senior Advisor Board Governance SARAH PISANI Project Officer MARIE NEDELKOVA SHARED SERVICES FROM DHHS 8

  9. Function and Purpose Respect Victoria will be a dedicated agency focused on addressing all forms of family violence, rather than focussing specifically on men s violence against women and their children and/or broader health promotion The organisation will work to prevent family violence against women, men, children and young people, people with a disability, Aboriginal peoples, older people, people with diverse gender and sexual identities, and people from diverse cultural backgrounds, through driving high-quality evidence and communicating these with government, community and organisations It will do this through two of the five pillars outlined in Free From Violence: engage and communicate with the community o research and evaluate o 9

  10. Key Priorities Communicate Respect Victoria will transform and lead high quality communications, to improve the way government, organisations and the community work to prevent family violence Immediate awareness and behaviour change campaigns include: State-wide mass campaigns: o Respect Women - Call it Out o LGBTI o Aboriginal o Elder abuse o Victoria Against Violence (working with Office for Women) 10

  11. Key Priorities Engage Respect Victoria will work with partners across a range of settings including rural and regional Victoria, education and care settings, workplaces, community organisations, faith-based and cultural organisations, sport, the arts and media This approach will ensure quality primary prevention programming becomes part of core business in government, sectors, non-government and the private sectors, and that civil society takes greater responsibility for the prevention of family violence, including increasing positive bystander behaviour in the face of sexism and all forms of discrimination 11

  12. Key Priorities Research and Evaluation Respect Victoria will build on Victoria s prevention activity into world leading practice, providing high-quality research and evaluation It will do this by: o Developing a draft strategic short, medium and long-term research and evaluation agenda based on identified gaps in the evidence base including prevalence, drivers, contributing factors and quality programming evaluation o Establishing a research alliance and partnerships with primary prevention organisations to inform the development of an evidence and research framework 12

  13. Respect Victoria Discussion

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