Dept of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications
Funds Target Tech Abuse Against First Nations Women
An innovative, community-led Far North Queensland project helping protect First Nations women from tech‑based abuse has received $200,000 in funding from the Albanese Government.
Queensland Remote Aboriginal Media (QRAM) will develop a range of engaging and culturally-relevant resources to build awareness of the nature and impact of tech-based abuse on women and their children.
The resources will be co-designed with communities and aims to challenge and shift damaging social norms that contribute to gender-based harm. It will help equip people with the information and skills they need to better understand, identify and combat tech-based abuse.
QRAM is one of 10 organisations awarded funding by the eSafety Commissioner under Round 2 of the Albanese Government’s $10 million Preventing Tech-based Abuse of Women Grants Program.
Other projects funded under Round 2 focus on preventing abuse of women with a disability, culturally and linguistically diverse women, and LGBTIQ+ women – reflecting that online gender-based violence affects a broad range of communities.
Together, the projects are expected to reach more than 5 million Australians across Queensland, Western Australia, the Northern Territory, Victoria and New South Wales.
https://minister.infrastructure.gov.au/wells/media-release/funding-prevent-tech-based-abuse-first-nations-women