About
Safe and Equal
At Safe and Equal, we work towards a world where everyone is safe, respected and thriving, living free from family and gender-based violence.
We are the peak body for Victorian organisations that specialise in family and gender-based violence across the continuum, including primary prevention, early intervention, response and recovery. We are an independent, non-government organisation.
Our work prioritises the safety of all people experiencing, recovering from or at risk of family and gender-based violence. While we know that most family violence is perpetrated by men against women and children, we recognise that family violence impacts people across a diversity of gender identities, social and cultural contexts, and within various intimate, family and other relationships. We apply an intersectional feminist lens in our work to address the gendered drivers of violence, and how these overlap and intersect with additional forms of violence, oppression and inequality.
As a peak, we work with and for our members to prevent and respond to violence, building a better future for adults, children and young people experiencing, at risk of, or recovering from family and gender-based violence.
About us
Safe and Equal is the peak body for specialist family violence services that provide support to victim survivors in Victoria.
Read the history of Safe and Equal, formed from an organisational merger between Domestic Violence Victoria and Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria.
Our annual reports detail Safe and Equal’s programs and audited financial statements. You can also catch up on past annual reports from Domestic Violence Victoria and Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria.
Safe and Equal’s constitution outlines how we work and includes information about membership, member meetings, and financial and legal governance.
Our inclusion statement demonstrates Safe and Equal’s commitment to fostering an accessible, inclusive and equitable workplace and organisation, where differences and diversity are celebrated and affirmed.
Our people
The staff at Safe and Equal are critical to supporting the work taking place within the sector. We are currently working to ensure all staff are recognised in this section.
The Safe and Equal Expert Advisory Panel was established in 2021. Members of our panel are victim survivors of family violence who support the work of the peak and other organisations by applying their living expertise of family violence, systems navigation and journey, to advocate for improved services and systems.
Working together for change
Family violence and gender-based violence are complex social issues that require coordinated efforts across the community to address. As a peak organisation, our dedication to collaboration and building strong partnerships is the foundation for all our work.
Connecting Communities is a free program of wrap-around capability building and networking activities, delivered in partnership with the Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health, for prevention practitioners who work with multicultural and/or faith-based communities.
Djirra and Safe and Equal are working to support non-Aboriginal specialist family violence services to take tangible action towards this, informed by deep engagement with Aboriginal communities.
Safe and Equal is delivering a program of work to lead and support the family violence sector in best practice engagement with survivor advocacy into the future.
Bringing together funders, government stakeholders and sector representatives to support systemic change and improve family violence outcomes for all Victorians.
Established in 2007, the Partners in Prevention (PiP) network provides support to practitioners from education, early childhood, community and other sectors who work to deliver respectful relationships education and primary prevention activity in a range of settings.