Women's Health In the North | Reflecting on Five Years of Victoria’s Gender Equality Act 2020

Reflecting on Five Years of Victoria’s Gender Equality Act 2020

28 March 2025

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Five years ago, Victoria led the way with the Gender Equality Act 2020, a game-changing piece of legislation driving positive change across public sector workplaces.

The Gender Equality Act aims to promote gender equality and address the systemic causes of gender inequality. It applies to Victorian public sector organisations that have 50 or more employees.

Under the Act, these organisations are required to:

take action towards achieving workplace gender equality, and

consider and promote gender equality in their policies, programs and services.

Since the Act was first enacted in 2020, WHIN has been proud to support nearly a dozen organisations in embedding gender equality into their policies, programs, services and workplaces.

WHIN’s Impact So Far:

Worked with 11 organisations, including state and local governments, tertiary education, and health organisations

Supported the development of five Gender Equality Action Plans

Delivered 18 Gender Impact Assessments training sessions

Trained 230+ professionals across state government, local government, tertiary education, and health.

The Gender Equality Act has not only fostered safer and more inclusive workplaces but also driven intersectional gender analysis across policies and services – benefiting all Victorians.

WHIN remains committed to championing gender equality and creating meaningful, lasting change.

Here’s to the next five years of progress!

Women's Health In the North
acknowledges the support of the
Victorian Government.

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Women’s Health In the North acknowledges Victorian Aboriginal people as the Traditional Owners of the land on which we provide our services – the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people of the Kulin nation – and pay our respect to their Elders past, present and future. WHIN acknowledges that Aboriginal sovereignty was never given up and that we stand on stolen land. We are committed to Aboriginal self-determination and to supporting Treaty and truth-telling processes.

We recognise the ongoing leadership role of the Aboriginal community on gender equality and the health, safety and wellbeing of women and gender-diverse people. As First Peoples, Aboriginal Victorians are best placed to determine a culturally appropriate path to these in their communities.

WHIN’s Impact So Far:

Here’s to the next five years of progress!

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