As experienced gender equality experts, we blend evidence-based frameworks with practical advice – empowering your organisation to effectively implement the Gender Equality Act and drive sustainable, impactful change.
Gender impact assessments are more than a compliance requirement—they’re powerful tools for creating equitable, inclusive policies, programs and services that truly meet community needs. Our expert team guides you through this critical process, transforming what could be a complex obligation into an opportunity to deepen your organisation’s understanding of gender impacts and strengthen your community outcomes.
We offer comprehensive technical support with conducting GIAs:
Full GIA development
We manage the entire GIA process, from initial assessment to final recommendations, ensuring compliance while identifying opportunities for meaningful improvement.
Advisory services
Our experts provide guidance at key stages of your GIA process, helping your team navigate challenges and strengthen your approach to gender analysis.
Consultation design and facilitation
We design and facilitate inclusive consultation processes that capture diverse community perspectives to inform your GIA and strengthen your outcomes.
Required every four years under the Gender Equality Act, a well-designed gender equality action plan is key to driving equality in your workplace. We help you to develop a tailored, effective GEAP that identifies and addresses the specific gender equality challenges within your organisation, creating a workplace where everyone can thrive.
We provide tailored support throughout the entire GEAP journey:
GEAP reviews and advice
Our experts review draft GEAPs though an intersectional and gendered lens to identify strengths, gaps and opportunities, ensuring your plan meets legislative requirements and reflects best practice.
Consultation and engagement
We design and facilitate inclusive, effective consultation processes that support your staff to contribute to the GEAP process. We apply an intersectional lens to consultation, ensuring underrepresented groups are meaningfully included and that diverse voices are included in the design of your gender equality initiatives.
Data collection systems
We offer guidance on establishing robust systems for ongoing intersectional data collection that meet legislative requirements and inform strategic decision-making.
Understanding your current gender equality landscape is essential for targeted, effective action. Our comprehensive workplace audits reveal the hidden patterns and systemic barriers that may be limiting progress, providing you with clear insights and evidence-based recommendations that transform compliance requirements into real change.
Our workplace audit services include:
In-depth assessments
We conduct comprehensive audits, analysing data across key workplace gender equality indicators to identify patterns, progress and priorities.
Gap analysis
Our specialists identify gender equality gaps and improvement opportunities specific to your organisation’s context and workforce profile.
Strategic recommendations
We provide tailored, practical recommendations that address key issues and create clear pathways for progress, aligned with your organisational goals.
Measuring progress provides direction for your organisation’s gender equality initiatives and tells a powerful story of change. We help you develop customised monitoring frameworks and insightful analysis and reports – ensuring you meet legislative requirements and have strong data to support continuous improvement in your organisation.
Our monitoring and reporting services include:
Monitoring framework development
We design customised measurement frameworks to track progress against your gender equality goals and statutory requirements.
Report preparation
Our team assists with preparing clear, comprehensive progress reports that fulfill compliance requirements and communicate your organisation’s gender equality progress.
Data analysis and insights
We analyse your gender equality data to identify trends, successes and areas for improvement – providing actionable insights to guide your next steps.
Policies and procedures are powerful tools that shape how your organisation operates. We help you develop clear, practical policies that embed gender equality into your operations — from recruitment and promotion to flexible work — creating lasting change and fairer opportunities for everyone.
We bring an intersectional gender lens to your policy work through:
Gender-responsive policy development
We develop new policies and procedures that incorporate intersectional gender considerations from the outset.
Policy review services
Our experts review existing policies through an intersectional gender lens, identifying gaps and opportunities to strengthen inclusion and equity.
Implementation support
We provide practical guidance for rolling out new or revised policies, ensuring they lead to lasting workplace changes.
Women’s Health East goes beyond compliance to deliver practical, transformative solutions.
Our approach combines 30 years of grassroots knowledge with evidence-based methods that have shaped practice across Victoria.
We turn complex gender equality principles into tailored strategies that work, applying deep intersectional expertise built through decades of collaboration with diverse women.
When you work with us, you gain more than technical specialists — you gain a trusted community partner committed to lasting, positive change.
Your investment directly supports programs that improve women’s health, safety and wellbeing in Melbourne’s east.