Media
Contact

Media requests for comments or interviews

To arrange an interview or for any other media queries, please contact our Communications Coordinator.

Requests for media will be considered and determined if we are the most appropriate agency to respond. Please supply us with the details of the topic to be discussed, together with questions.

Phone: (03) 5143 1600     Mobile: 0490 145 844     Email: comms@gwhealth.asn.au

Responsible reporting on Violence against Women and Family Violence

As well as the contacts for local support services listed in Gippsland Stop Family Violence card, always list the following tagline at the end of the story:

If you or someone you know is impacted by sexual assault or family violence, call 1800RESPECT on 1800 737 732 or visit www.1800RESPECT.org.au    In an emergency, call 000.

We appreciate the efforts of media organisations to share stories of violence against women and children, which assists in building community understanding of the issue and contributes to greater change in our community.  To help guide ethical and sensitive reporting please refer to the guides and resources developed by Our Watch: www.media.ourwatch.org.au/

Another guide to responsible media reporting developed by Zero Tolerance Scotland.

Image Use

In our experience, when selecting images to accompany articles and messages related to violence against women/family violence, please consider utilising images that are positive and empowering. Traditionally, images selected often portray women as weak and vulnerable. Unfortunately, this perpetuates the view that women are powerless. In our prevention work, we strive to create a change in culture by raising awareness that gender equality will lead to ending violence against women. By challenging rigid gender stereotypes and portraying women as strong, empowered individuals, we can all contribute to change.

Further information on how we can all work in a focused way are contained in the Our Watch Change the Story, a shared framework for the primary prevention of violence against women and children in Australia (4 page summary).  To read further please visit https://www.ourwatch.org.au/

Media Releases

21 February 2020 GWH Media Release Back on Track – Gender Responsive Budgeting

19 February 2020 GWH Media Release IWD Art Exhibition

25 November 2019 Gippsland Launch: Design on a Bus competition

12 September 2019 GWH Position Statement Climate Action 12 September 2019

5 September 2019 Design on a Bus Competition 2019

14 August 2019 Theory of Change to Address Inequities in Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health

25 June 2019 Sex Ed by Porn

28 May 2019 Breast and Gynaecological Cancer Day Sale

17 May 2019 Gender Equity in Workplaces

1 May 2019 Election Advocacy 2019

29 April 2019 GWH Specialist Family Services Funding

12 March 2019  Metastatic Breast Cancer Support Group

7 March 2019  Labor plan to give Women Choice

11 January 2019    Change for Sam Strategy

14 December 2018   Updated Stop Family Violence cards

11 November 2018   Gippsland Sexual Reproductive Health Research