Voices of Influence Australia is committed to educating the community on human rights and fostering stronger understanding on the role of politics in the promotion, protection and attainment of human rights. One of the ways we achieve this is through hosting events in collaboration with other community as well as tertiary education bodies. Go to page.

Voices of Influence Australia is committed to furthering the meaningful participation of young people in matters that directly impact us. To advance this mission, our team are driven to deepen our impact through engaging with stakeholders both within the National and International community. Go to page.

Voices of Influence Australia were delighted to host this event as part of the NGO CSW. Last year the NGO CSW Forum hosted 27,000 participants across 700 events and 142 countries. The purpose of this event was to address how local communities in the Pacific can structure disaster relief programs to account for the unique challenges that women and girls face. Go to page.

The Peacebuilding Dialogue is an event series of open conversations - of open dialogues - tackling the complexities of what makes up the rich tapestries of our social world. The Peacebuilding Dialogue is a space that has been created to facilitate community-led solution design to the most complex social justice and human rights issues. Go to page.

To celebrate our first birthday, Voices of Influence Australia hosted our first Change Makers Connect 2023.

The purpose of this event was twofold; to strengthen local youth networks, encouraging and inspiring young change makers to develop relationships of impact, collaboration and community; secondly, to celebrate our first birthday as a youth-led registered non-for-profit. Go to page.

Voices in Movement is the online blog space for Voices of Influence Australia. Voices in Movement champions the work and contributions of our committed community of human rights defenders. We are committed to fostering a supportive space, allowing young people to vocalise their passion, research and lived experience, on the issues they care about. Go to page.

We are proud of our advocacy, which on this occasion has contributed to the current and proposed sexual consent laws (and related community education) inquiry in Australia. In 2023, we appeared in a public hearing before members of the Senate in Melbourne, following our submission on current and proposed sexual consent laws in Australia.

Voices of Influence Australia are committed to furthering the voices of young people heard on the political stage — particularly on matters that are directly impacting us. So, when our decision makers open the conversation, you can trust us to make the voices of young people heard through legal and political submissions to government and NGO bodies. Go to page.

If you want a refresher on how to vote, how preferential voting actually works, what Australian parliament is made up of and key policy areas to consider in three short pages, then this resource document is for you. Go to page.

This report presents the findings of a survey undertaken by young Australian women. The survey was disseminated for the purposes of understanding the needs of young women and the barriers they may face to gender equality and equity. Here we aim to identify the priorities for a gender-equal society and how we might achieve meaningful outcomes for those priorities. Go to page.