Starts With Us
Legal & justice sector action to prevent violence
against women
Starts With Us is a project that aims to support and encourage Victorian legal and justice professionals and organisations to take action to prevent violence against women.
The project is for everyone working in legal and justice – lawyers, judges, administrative staff, paralegals, policy advisers, legal educators, court staff and more.
The project has four distinct phases: 1) sector research on sexism and gender inequality; 2) a forum, attended by legal and justice sector leaders, to discuss the research and commit to action; 3) action planning by the sector to remedy sexism and gender inequality in legal and justice workplaces; 4) sector-wide implementation of the action plan.
Starts With Us is funded by the Victorian Government as part of the Free From Violence strategy and is part of a state-wide coordinated effort to prevent violence against women.
Starts With Us - Research Paper
Starts With Us - Media Release
Starts With Us - Media Fact Sheet
New 2021 survey for legal & justice sector workers
Share your story as part of our new legal & justice sector survey, which looks at experiences of gender inequality and how they intersect with other forms of disadvantage, such as cultural/religious background, sexuality, class, race, or age. The survey will run through April 2021.
Find out more about this research or take the survey via this link.
What's News
New CEO for Women's Legal
8 April 2021
We are excited to announce that Serina McDuff has been appointed as our new CEO. More details here
Gender inequality in legal & justice sector
29 March 2021
Share your story as part of our new survey, which looks at experiences of gender inequality and how they intersect with other forms of disadvantage, such as cultural background, sexuality, class, religion, race, or age. More info here
Job Opportunity - Financial Counsellor
25 March 2021
Use your financial counselling skills to make a diference and join a specialised and supportive team.