White Ribbon Australia’s Workplace Accreditation
In October 2022, the Electoral Commission of Queensland (ECQ) was successful in attaining White Ribbon Australia’s Workplace Accreditation.
Committed to doing its part to prevent gendered violence against women, the ECQ promotes awareness campaigns, maintains a safe and inclusive work environment for its permanent and temporary staff, and facilitates a culture that empowers its people to speak up, seek help and receive meaningful support.
The White Ribbon Australia Workplace Accreditation Program is designed to help workplaces actively build sustainable and practical policies and procedures that enable employees to understand the issues of domestic and family violence, and to nurture and strengthen a culture of equality, respect and safety at all levels of the organisation.
Key activities undertaken by the ECQ towards gaining its White Ribbon Australia accreditation included:
- developing and improving policies, procedures, and support information
- positively modelling and influencing a culture of gender equality, respect, safety, and support
- actively promoting support channels for people using or experiencing violence
- incorporating domestic and family violence awareness training for all staff and management
- identifying and mitigating risks associated with workplace incidents, and
- encouraging the selection of suppliers who have adopted workplace policies and practices aimed at ending domestic and family violence where practical.
The ECQ is now focused on the ongoing commitments that aim to help Queensland build a future where women are safe from all forms of men’s violence and abuse and to ensuring the ECQ workplace is safe and inclusive for everyone.
