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Gender equity at CIT

CIT is dedicated to fostering a more inclusive, safe and equal environment for everyone. As a part of the ACT Government and a public vocational education institution, we know how important our role is in promoting gender equity in the ACT and beyond.

We are committed to taking ongoing action across the institution, including making improvements in our workplace, learning spaces, partnerships with industry and community, and public communications. Our focus is on taking proactive steps to prevent discrimination and as part of this commitment we are:

  • embedding equity into our policies, resources, structures, and processes
  • empowering our staff and students to be everyday allies and champions for gender equity
  • improving how we understand and monitor instances of gender-based inequity, harassment, and bullying, including supporting staff and students who have experienced family and/or gender-based violence
  • listening to staff and students affected by gendered inequity and all gender-based violence and improving together.

CIT is proud of the progress we have made so far in supporting our staff and students of every background to succeed and are committed to ongoing improvement. Our Gender Equity Action Plan is a strong step towards a long-term commitment to actions and measures to combat gender inequity and make real, lasting changes to ensure all people, regardless of gender, can work and study in a fair, inclusive CIT.

Gender Equity Action Plan

The CIT Gender Equity Action Plan is a two-year, whole-of-institute plan developed using the Respect and Equality Framework. It outlines actions across the five domains: workplace, students, teaching and learning, community and industry, and communications.

These actions will work towards three key focuses:

  1. taking small, but significant steps towards ensuring our everyday activities promote gender equity, with actions that embed inclusive language and actions into our resources, processes and structures
  2. sharing learning and resources to empower our staff and students to be everyday allies and champions for gender equity
  3. improving data capture and collection, increasing the efficacy of CIT’s future steps.

Download the CIT Gender Equity Action Plan 2024-2026 (PDF, 500.31 KB).