The eSafety Commissioner has awarded $3.5 million to 10 new projects under the Australian Government's $10 million Preventing Tech-based Abuse of Women Grants Program.
Projects funded in the program's second round are expected to reach more than 5 million Australians, with an emphasis on building the evidence base across a broad range of communities in different locations and settings.
For the first time, two First Nations-led projects have been funded through a dedicated First Nations funding stream. Other funded projects focus on preventing abuse of women with disability, culturally and linguistically diverse women, and LGBTIQ+ women.
Six of the projects will directly engage boys and men, addressing the influence of misogynistic online narratives on teenage boys and involving men in the co-design of prevention resources.
This latest round also broadens the geographical reach of the grants program, reaching communities across Western Australia, the Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory.
The successful projects were selected through a rigorous and competitive process, with 161 eligible applications assessed against the grant guidelines. The selection process was overseen by five internal and seven external assessors with subject matter expertise.
The Program has so far awarded more than $6 million to 16 primary prevention projects aimed at understanding and addressing the drivers of online gender-based violence.
Visit Preventing Tech-based Abuse of Women Grants Program: Round 2 recipients for an overview.
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