About us
Our purpose
To improve outcomes for all women, with a specific focus on victim-survivors of family violence by:
- providing high quality legal services for Victorian women who are disadvantaged or marginalised by structural and systemic barriers,
- assisting women and professionals that work with women, to better understand the law and navigate the legal system safely, and
- advancing gender equality by challenging unsafe and discriminatory policies and laws and informing and advocating for legal and policy initiatives that respect and promote the rights of women.
Our impact
Our Strategy sets out the impact we aim to have through our work. It also explains how we do our work, how we make decisions about what we do and how we continue to develop our organisational model in order to be as effective as possible.
Our values
Authentic
We are reliable, trustworthy and transparent about how we work. We reflect on our
work and take responsibility for our actions.
Collaborative
We are stronger when we work together. By sharing power and privilege with
diverse voices, we achieve better outcomes. We respond to requests for help with
generosity.
Courageous
We are brave, resilient and face challenges with integrity. We unapologetically
advocate for our goals and back one another to take considered risks to increase
our impact.
Inclusive
We believe respect, equality and opportunity must be afforded equitably and to
everyone. We understand this will require critical reflection on where power lies
and how it functions, and active effort to disrupt it.
Purposeful
Our services respond to the community, laws and people we work with. We value
curiosity and relish opportunities to improve our work