Building safer communities: learn, prevent, respond
Everyone has a role to play in preventing gender-based violence.
The University offers accessible training modules, guides and awareness resources that support individuals and teams to recognise harmful behaviours, take meaningful steps toward prevention and respond with care when disclosure or harm occurs.
Attend workshops
Explore healthy vs. unhealthy relationships, communication, conflict and emotions. Weekly workshops in T1 starting 3 April.
Respect and consent
Consent and respect are an important part of healthy relationships, in person and online.
Know your boundaries, respect others and make it normal to talk about consent in positive, healthy relationships.
What isn't consent?
No or non-consent can sound like:
- errrr I'm not sure
- no thanks
- I'm uncomfortable, let's do it differently
- that's sweet, but I'd rather not
- stop
- please don't.
No or non-consent can look like:
- tense/uncomfortable
- non-responsive or uninterested
- shying away
- tears/crying
- affected by alcohol or other drugs and can’t make safe or informed choices
- unconscious or sleeping.
What is sexual consent?
It doesn’t matter if you’re in a relationship or not. There must be consent to engage in sexual activity that is free from violence, pressure and control. Consent can be verbal and non-verbal, so it's important to look out for cues in your partner's mood and body language.
Sexual consent is a free, voluntary and informed agreement between people to participate in a sexual act. This agreement is only present when these people mutually and genuinely feel they want to engage in that sexual act and actively make sure their partner does too.
Commonwealth Consent Policy Framework (Department of Social Services) 2023
Sex and Respect: It's On All Of Us
Participating in a conversation about what contributes to healthy respectful relationships, whether sexual or not, helps everyone.
Being open and honest with your partner/s about your needs, wants and boundaries is not being rude or demanding, it's setting your expectations for a healthy and respectful interaction or relationship.
Learn more about giving and receiving consent in this online module on Learning@Griffith. Click the link, sign in using your Griffith credentials, and scroll to Sex and Respect: It's On All Of Us.
Respect at Griffith
Respect at Griffith is a short module that promotes a safe and respectful university environment by educating students about Griffith’s expectations and commitments. It also provides information about support and reporting options for students should disrespectful behaviours occur at uni.
Technology and cyber safety
Our use of technology and online environments is increasing, and with it, the potential to experience unsafe behaviours such as technology-facilitated sexual harm and cyber abuse.
Griffith students are expected to not engage in inappropriate behaviours, including but not limited to sexual harm, gender-based violence, defamation, personal attacks or racial hatred, whether in person or online
The e-Safety Commissioner provides a range of information and resources to assist young people, educators, parents, and women to stay safe online and understand your digital reputation.
Recognise Respond Refer
Griffith is committed to creating and promoting safe and respectful communities, on and off campus. This 30-minute module aims to empower Griffith students with the knowledge to recognise harm and its causes; the skills to respond by supporting others and/or by calling out and reporting disrespectful behaviour; and confidence to refer others to reporting pathways and support services.
Learn what it takes to be an active and effective bystander
Staff training
Preventing and Responding to Gender-based Violence is a 30-minute module for university staff.
The module aims to provide employees with knowledge and clarity about how best to prevent, recognise, respond to and appropriately refer issues relating to gender-based violence (including sexual-harassment).