Starts With Us
Starts With Us
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
What's News
Senior Policy Advisor
2 December 2019
Advocate for social change, law and policy reform in the interests of women and their children.
Education and Engagement Coordinator / Lawyer
2 December 2019
Support WLSV to develop and deliver best practice training, legal education, and community and sector development programs.
Our reponse to family law review
18 September 2019
Women and children escaping violence will be the casualties of yet another review into family law. See our full statement here.