From 31 March 2021, Council will be required to complete Gender Impact Assessments when developing policies, programs and services, to ensure they benefit all Victorians.
Gender Impact Assessments must:
1. Assess the effects that the policy, program or service may have on people of different genders.
2. Explain how the policy, program or service will be changed to better support Victorians of all genders and promote gender equality.
3. Where practical, apply an intersectional approach to consider how gender inequality can be compounded by disadvantage or discrimination that a person may experience on the basis of other factors such as age, disability, or ethnicity.