Sexual Violence Awareness Month

Sexual Violence Awareness Month (SVA Month) is held during October each year to:

  • raise community awareness about sexual violence
  • promote the support options available to people affected by sexual assault and sexual abuse
  • uphold a clear message that sexual violence will not be tolerated in our communities.

To help you show your support SVA Month, we have developed resources for you to share and promote SVA Month with your community and networks.

You can download:

Show your support for SVA Month by hosting an event and registering the details on the Women's Safety and Violence Prevention community events calendar.

The calendar promotes events delivered by community organisations that help bring the community together to advance women and girls, including those who identify as women.

Register your event.

During the month, we encourage all Queenslanders to engage in open and honest conversations about sexual violence.

Events and activities are happening across the state to support victim-survivors and to encourage discussion around consent, respect, and bystander intervention.

Find an event near you.

The Queensland Government is committed to addressing all forms of sexual violence, harassment and abuse and eradicating these forms of violence from our communities.

The government has made strong progress in addressing sexual violence, along with intersecting forms of violence such as domestic and family violence. This includes the release of Prevent. Support. Believe. Queensland’s Framework to address Sexual Violence through three priority areas: prevention; support and healing; and accountability and justice.

Large scale reform is being delivered in response to the Women’s Safety and Justice Taskforce Hear Her Voice Report Two recommendations to improve Queensland’s criminal justice system for women and girls who are victim-survivors of sexual violence, or who are accused persons or offenders.