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Workplace Accreditation
Creating change in workplaces
Click below to learn more about how White Ribbon Australia’s Workplace Accreditation can support your organisation.
What We Do
As an independent Workplace Accreditation program, we are committed to help create an environment where women feel safe at work, and men feel empowered to speak up if something doesn’t seem right. We partner with workplaces to provide internal audits of policies, procedures, and culture in relation to women’s safety and gender equality.
Together we determine how well employees understand the issues of domestic violence, affirm practices that nurture a culture of respect, safety and equality and create a continuous commitment to providing a safe environment for all employees.
Workplace practices reflect an organisation’s ethos. From policies on discrimination and harassment to social media policy and staff code of conduct, every structure put into place can help promote equality.
Why We Do It
Workplaces have a critical role in driving social change and ending men’s violence against women.
In Australia, workplaces have legal requirements to provide a safe working environment under the Commonwealth Work Health and Safety Act 2011. Further, there is a requirement for certain workplaces to comply with the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012.
Every 9 days1
a woman dies from domestic homicide in Australia.
$175 million annually2
The impact of family and domestic violence costs Australian employers $175 million annually in direct and indirect workplace costs.
1 in 2 women3
who experienced emotional abuse also experienced financial abuse such as a partner controlling their ability to work or earn money.
Over 60% of women4
experiencing violence from a current partner are working.
- AIHW (2019) Family, domestic and sexual violence in Australia continuing the national story https://www.aihw.gov.au/getmedia/b0037b2d-a651-4abf-9f7b-00a85e3de528/aihw-fdv3-FDSV-in-Australia-2019.pdf.aspx?inline=true
- The Cost of Domestic Violence to the Australian Economy Part 1, 2004, The Coast of Violence against Women & Their Children in Australia, DSS, 2016 (KPMG)
- AIHW (2019) Family domestic and sexual violence in Australia continuing the national story https://www.aihw.gov.au/getmedia/b0037b2d-a651-4abf-9f7b-00a85e3de528/aihw-fdv3-FDSV-in-Australia-2019.pdf.aspx?inline=true
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (2017) Personal Safety Survey 2016, ABS cat. No. 49060 https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/crime-and-justice/personal-safety-australia/latest-release
How We Do It
We take a look at everything from your policies and procedures to your workplace culture under the lens of women’s safety and gender equality issues. We work with you to determine how well your employees understand the issues women face, and what to do if someone discloses that they are experiencing violence themselves.
With our evidence-based approach we can help you to:
Implement best practice
Become a recognised leader
Drive internal change to strengthen gender equality
Connect people with learning and support
Improve organisation’s social responsibility
Develop a healthy workplace
Benefits
There are several, tangible benefits to signing up to our Workplace Accreditation Program:
Start the conversation and help men talk about and understand the issue of domestic violence
Empower and enable your employees to take action
Create a safe environment for everyone and promote workplace equality and respect
Improve the lives of employees by creating a culture where everyone feels valued and heard
Show your organisation’s ongoing commitment to ending violence against women
Be a leader of equality and set the bar for employee safety with in your industry
Bring about a cultural shift within your organisation where everyone feels responsible to look out for one another
Alongside implementing new frameworks for your organisation, we celebrate the great things you’re already doing in the workplace and provide support to help nurture a culture of respect, safety and equality.
“Commitment starts at the very top. It must be authentic. Just do it. It’s the right thing to do. Workplaces are critical in ending men’s violence against women.”
– Accredited Workplace
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White Ribbon Australia Workplace Accredited Organisations
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