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2022 Forest Fire Management Victoria Gender Equity Project
Research Areas
Equity +
Justice
Project Status
The Social Research Centre (SRC) was engaged to research a range of gender equity and equality aspects critical to understanding and supporting ongoing workplace culture change.
The findings are being used by the Forest Fire Management team to inform their ongoing Gender Equality Action Planning, with the intention to continue to monitor progress over time.
Partner
Victorian Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Aims + Outcomes
The key aims and outcomes for this research related to:
- Identifying and addressing key (real and perceived) systemic barriers to women and gender diverse people thriving and progressing in their fire and emergency career
- Identifying current challenges and opportunities for improving gender equity across FFMVic in relation to policies, programs and experiences
- Applying an intersectional lens to FFMVic gender equity projects to highlight how protected attributes that staff embody intersect with gender in the FFMVic
- Providing evidence to inform the priorities of continued work on gender equity and inclusion more broadly across FFMVic
- Providing evidence and opportunities to inform a multi-agency approach to the implementation of the 2023-2024 FFMVic Gender Equity and Inclusion Action Plan and approved FFMVic Partnership decisions.
Methods
This project used a mixed-methods approach, incorporating qualitative and quantitative data sources including:
- Desktop review
- Administrative data
- Online survey – of 560 employees
- In-depth interviews – with 16 FFMVic staff.
Insight
25%
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20%
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1 in 10
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Impact
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Reports
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Full Analysis Report
Exposure and the impact on attitudes of the 2019-20 Australian Bushfires
Full Analysis Report
Exposure and the impact on attitudes of the 2019-20 Australian Bushfires
Full Analysis Report
Exposure and the impact on attitudes of the 2019-20 Australian Bushfires
Full Analysis Report
Exposure and the impact on attitudes of the 2019-20 Australian Bushfires
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FAQs
How will the information be used?
Participation is always voluntary, but your participation is important.
Why? Because it ensures representativeness and that results can be projected to the population.
How long will the survey take to complete?
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- Randomly generated by computer, using known telephone exchange prefixes
- Randomly selected from available telephone directories
- Provided to us by our clients.
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General FAQs
Resources
Full Analysis Report (Population Health Test)
Full Analysis Report (Population Health Test)
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Testing 2. The Social Research Centre complies with the Australian Privacy Principles. All personal contact information such as name, email and phone number is removed from the final data. Your responses will be de-identified, held in the strictest confidence and will not be disclosed to other organisations for marketing or research purposes. The responses of everyone who participates in this survey will be combined for analysis. Please see the SRC’s Privacy Policy.
Get in touch
Contact
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If you would like to speak to a member of the research team, you can call the Ministry of Health hotline on 1800 620 277. The hours of operation are 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Monday to Friday to speak to somebody. At other times, leave a message and someone will call back.