Educating for equality

Educating for equality aims to provide Australian universities with a whole-of-university approach that can help guide, support and build upon existing work to promote gender equality and prevent gender-based violence.

Educating for equality

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This updated version (published January 2026) aligns to current higher education sector needs and contexts, including to the National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-based Violence.

The Educating for equality whole-of-university approach is designed to:

• provide practical tools, guidance and resources to support universities meet obligations under the National Code and address the drivers of gender-based violence in their university context
• draw together the entire university community in a shared commitment to the prevention of gender-based violence
• support a primary prevention approach in universities that is holistic and underpinned by a long-term strategy and sector coordination
• highlight the role everyone within a university has to play in creating a culture where rigid gender stereotypes are challenged, gender-based discrimination is unacceptable and gender equality is actively promoted and modelled.

Educating for equality draws on the national and international evidence base including Change the story – Australia’s national framework for the prevention of gender-based violence.

Where universities can create change: the domains

Taking a whole-of-university approach means making sure messages and actions are reinforced in all areas of the university. That’s why Educating for equality is framed around five key domains. 

If universities promote a culture of equality and respect across these areas, they can address the drivers of gender-based violence.