About
Strategic Plan 2021-2025
After extensive consultation and drafting we launched our completed 2021-2015 Strategic Plan in November 2022. Our plan lays out how our vision (for a gender equal society where everyone can flourish) and our mission (to eliminate gender inequality and improve the health, safety and wellbeing of women and gender diverse people) are grounded by our values: courage, empowerment, feminism and respect.
In line with our commitment to accessibility we developed both a screen-reader friendly and Simple English version of the plan to make sure our work can be understood by as many people as possible.
Vision
A gender equal society where everyone can flourish.
To eliminate gender inequality and improve the health, safety and wellbeing of womenand gender diverse people.
Mission
Values
Courage
Empowerment
Feminism
Respect
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Our Board
Shani Cain
Chairperson
Jennie Courtney
Deputy Chairperson
Onella Cooray
Treasurer
Frances Salenga
Di Thomson
Carly Myers
Cobie McQueen
Sarah Jane Hall
Pauline Rogers
Peta Maskell
Board Observer
Our Staff
Marianne Hendron
CEO
Valma Ffrost
Office Manager
Sarah Hart
Communications Lead
Katherine McCready
Admin Support Officer
Renae Scholte
Office Manager
Shannon Wolf
Business Manager
Rose Durey
Manager, Strategy & Programs
Sissy Austin
First Nations Strategic Advisor for Health Equality
Luke Baker
Gender Equality Advisor – Masculinities
Katrina Baraquiel
Migrant & Refugee Health Equality Advisor
Stephanie Cooper
Health Promotion Officer – Sexual & Reproductive Health
Kate Diamond-Keith
Senior Regional Consultant, Central Highlands & Diversity Lead
Leena Edward
CoRE Support Officer
Claire Evans
Regional Consultant Wimmera & Grampians Pyrenees
Katja Fiedler
ActOnSite Consultant
Issy Griffiths
Act@Play Project Officer
Deb Harris
Regional Consultant Central Highlands & Youth Lead
Shannon Hill
Sexual Health Advisor
Jane Measday
Regional Consultant, Central Highlands
Dee Micevski
Regional Consultant Central Highlands & Gender & Sports Lead
Melissa Morris
Senior RC (Wimmera) & Workforce Capacity Building Lead
Carly Myers
Gender & Disability Advisor
Kailee O’Beirne
Health Promotions Officer – Sexual & Reproductive Health, Wimmera
Mika Pediaditis
Research & Evaluation Advisor
Ange van den Berg
See What You Can Be Consultant
Lyndel Ward
Health Promotions Officer – First Nations
Jess Cadwallader
CHIFVC Principle Strategic Advisor
Anna Bilbrough
Administration Support Officer CHIFVC
Youzhen Huang
CHIFVC Workforce Development Officer
Skye Mannix McCann
CHIFVC Motel Coordination Project Facilitator
First Nations commitment
We are deeply committed to honouring our Statement of Reconciliation by listening, learning and working in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to build systems of inclusion.
We continued to work on our Reconciliation Action Plan throughout 2022-23, and this was submitted in June 2023. During that time we have taken significant steps on our learning journey as an organisation.
In 2023 the entire Board and staff group commenced a year-long program of cultural immersion and learning through YarnBark. We feel honoured to have the opportunity to participate in a First Nations-led program that encourages us to question what it really means to acknowledge Country. Through close engagement with the content and regular reflection sessions we are deepening our understanding of and appreciation for First Nations culture and knowledges. This work will inform our programs and our overall mission to eliminate gender-based violence in the future.