Gender-based violence is a serious and pervasive issue in Australian schools, impacting both students and staff. This violence is preventable and an evidence-based approach to respectful relationships education is part of the solution.  

This blueprint provides a practical, evidence-based framework for governments on how to successfully implement, coordinate and monitor an evidenced based approach to respectful relationships education (RRE). It identifies three key phases for education policy and decision makers to consider in their approach to implementing an evidenced-based approach to RRE.

It emphasises the importance of establishing strong foundations and clear actions required to ensure schools are supported, by governments, to embed RRE to play a role in preventing gender-based violence before it starts. It shows how a violence-free future can be created for all young Australians within schooling systems. 

Evidence-based approaches to RRE are a key strategy in preventing gender-based violence in and through Australia's education systems.