RESPECT & EQUALITY CAMPAIGN FOR THE VICTORIAN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING SECTOR
A PLACE FOR EVERONE
2025
The Respect and Equality 2025 campaign runs from the 17th to the 28th of March 2025. The campaign empowers Victoria’s training providers to take the lead in fostering respect, equality, and workplace safety. Through education, resources, and sector-wide engagement, it creates environments where every student and educator can thrive.
Key Statistics
"One in three Australian workers experienced sexual harassment at work in the past five years - demonstrating this is a critical workplace safety issue"
Australian Human Rights Commission “Everyone’s Business” 2018
"The education and training sector, despite representing only 8% of the workforce, accounts for nearly half of all sexual harassment incidents in Australian workplaces."
"While formal reports show 4% of TAFE staff experiencing sexual harassment, surveys reveal actual rates of up to 10% for women - highlighting how many incidents go unreported through official channels"
Commission for Gender Equality in the Public Sector 2021 Insights Portal Data
"54% of male-dominated occupations face skills shortages, with unsafe and discriminatory training environments directly limiting workforce participation and perpetuating gender segregation."
About the campaign and the partners
Resources
Find and download all our resources, collateral and social media tools to help you and your colleagues become involved in the campaign. All pieces of collateral are provided for TAFE, RTO and other VET settings.
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Explore, edit and download these great social tiles to help promote our campaign for a respectful and equal vocational education and training sector here:
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Promote the campaign and events by including one of these banners in your email. If you want link the banner to one of your events or this campaign website.
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Take these template posters and tailor the words and information on them to promote your event and activities during our campaign. Share what you are doing to promote a respectful and equal Victorian VET sector.
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Use these social frames to show your public support for our campaign to create a safe, respectful and equal VET sector in Victoria. For TAFE and RTO’s each link has three options for you to choose from:
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Promote your participation and support for a respectful and equal vocational education and training sector across Victoria. Use these background images in your teams, Zoom or other video conference calls!
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Public commitment and leadership is vital to promoting a culture of respect and equality in Victoria’s Vocational Education and Training sector. The following resources are designed to provide information and support to leaders, who wish to make a statement in support of our campaign.
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Wanting to make a presentation? Share some information with colleagues, peers, students and your network about preventing workplace gendered violence and, the campaign? Download these MS PowerPoint templates!
Toolkits and Branding
Branding Resources
The campaign branding guide, logos and colourful background are available for RTO’s TAFEs and VET stakeholders to use. All developed and designed by the wonderful freelance graphic designer Luke Pringipas. Click on the links below to be taken to the items in via Drop Box:
Tool kit
To bring it all together, please find via the link below, a tool kit for the Campaign. The tool kit provides a summary of the campaign, its goals, and also outlines ways that small RTOs, large providers and people who work in the Victorian VET sector can become a part of the campaign.
There is also some information on how to manage disclosures and respond to resistance and backlash.
Event Calender
Do you have an event to add to the campaign calendar? We invite you to share and promote your event, big or small, to show your support for our cause.
Want to get involved? Check the calendar below for event details and registration.
Take the pledge
A statement of commitment to ending gender based violence in Victorian training sector.
I stand for training and education environments free from gender-based violence and sexual harassment, where all people can learn and work with dignity and respect. I recognise that preventing workplace gendered violence is everyone's responsibility.
I commit to:
Speaking up against sexism, discrimination and harassment in training environments
Supporting initiatives that promote gender equality in education and training institutions
Taking action when I witness concerning behaviours
Creating safe and inclusive spaces for learning and working
Contributing to a culture where everyone feels valued and respected.
I understand that gender-based violence in educational settings reinforces inequality and limits opportunities. By signing this pledge, I join others across Victoria's training sector who are working to create positive change.
Together, we can build a future where all people in education and training settings are safe, respected and able to achieve their full potential.