Preventing Tech-based Abuse of Women Grants Program – Round 3 recipients
Find out about the Round 3 grant recipients.
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Queensland Indigenous Family Violence Legal Service Aboriginal Corp.
First Nations priority funding project
Project name
Invisible Digital Control: Identifying and Preventing Technology-Facilitated Coercive Control
Project description
Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, communities and frontline workers, this project will explore how technology is being used to facilitate coercive control in intimate and family relationships.
Drawing on these insights, the project will develop culturally informed resources, practical guidance and policy recommendations to strengthen prevention efforts and support safer respectful digital relationships.
Funding
$215,025
Queensland
University of the Sunshine Coast
Project name
Preventing Tech-Based Abuse: A National Digital Respect Hub for Fathers
Project description
This project will support fathers and father figures to play a positive role in promoting respectful online behaviour and safer digital environments for children and families.
Through consultation and co-design, a national Digital Respect Hub will be developed featuring practical learning resources, videos, podcasts and digital parenting tools to help families navigate online challenges and build digital respect.
Funding
$366,235
Queensland
Griffith University
Project name
Keeping Mob Safe Online
Project description
Working with First Nations communities, this project will explore emerging forms of AI-enabled technology-facilitated abuse, including deepfakes and digital surveillance technologies, and strengthen community awareness of the risks they present.
Through culturally grounded engagement and co-design, the project will develop resources, workforce training and community-led prevention strategies that build capability and support safer digital communities.
Funding
$385,160
Queensland
NPY Women's Council
First Nations priority funding project
Project name
Tjunanyi Wankaru (Safe Space)
Project description
This Aboriginal-led initiative will work with women, children, men and boys across the Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (NPY) Lands to prevent technology-facilitated abuse and promote safer digital communities.
Through community consultations, online safety education workshops and co-designed prevention resources, the project will build awareness of respectful digital behaviours, strengthen community accountability and support long-term prevention efforts in remote communities
Funding
$152,000
Northern Territory
Nja-marleya Cultural Leaders and Justice Group Ltd
First Nations priority funding project
Project name
Respect Online: Preventing Tech-Based Abuse
Project description
This project will create an interactive digital learning platform featuring educational games that help young people recognise, prevent and respond to technology-facilitated abuse.
Co-designed with young people and community stakeholders, the platform will deliver culturally relevant prevention education that promotes safe and respectful online behaviours in remote communities
Funding
$239,647
Northern Territory
Australian Multicultural Action Network Inc
Project name
Preventing Tech-Based Abuse Through Positive Masculinity and Cultural Change
Project description
Working with men and boys from multicultural communities, this project will deliver culturally tailored prevention activities that address the drivers of technology-facilitated abuse.
The project will develop multilingual resources and deliver workshops, peer-led discussions and ambassador training to promote positive masculinity, digital responsibility and respectful online behaviour.
Funding
$110,000
Australian Capital Territory
Project Rockit
Project name
The New Flex
Project description
Working with young men, this youth-led initiative will challenge harmful online masculinity norms and promote more respectful digital cultures.
The project will develop youth-generated content, educational resources and public awareness campaigns that encourage accountability, gender equality and healthy online relationships
Funding
$353,376
Victoria
The Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare
Project name
Safe Futures
Project description
Working with children and young people as co-designers, Safe Futures will develop innovative AI safety initiatives and prevention solutions that respond to the online challenges they face.
The project will create educational resources, youth leadership programs, an AI Safety Charter and practical tools to build digital literacy and encourage safer, more respectful online behaviour.
Funding
$385,405
Victoria
Scope (Aust) Ltd
Project name
Green Flags First
Project description
This project will develop accessible prevention resources for people with communication disabilities, cognitive impairment and low English literacy.
Through a co-design and user-testing approach, it will create Easy Read guides, videos and interactive learning tools that promote respectful digital behaviour and help prevent technology-facilitated abuse.
Funding
$374,485
Victoria
Elder Abuse Action Australia Limited
Project name
Understanding and Preventing Tech-Based Abuse of Older Women
Project description
This project will explore how digital financial dependency can increase the risk of technology-facilitated abuse among older women and identify practical ways to strengthen digital and financial autonomy.
Through consultation and co-design, it will develop community education resources, prevention tools and guidance to build digital confidence, financial independence and online safety.
Funding
$366,864
New South Wales
UNSW Gendered Violence Research Network
Project name
Preventing the Emerging Threat of AI-Facilitated Coercive Control
Project description
This project will work with victim-survivors, practitioners and the broader community to better understand AI-facilitated coercive control and other emerging forms of technology-facilitated abuse.
The evidence gathered will inform Safety by Design guidance, industry recommendations and practical prevention strategies to help prevent AI-enabled abuse
Funding
$282,187
New South Wales
Young Women’s Alliance
Project name
Deepfake Prevention Lab
Project description
The Deepfake Prevention Lab will work with boys and young men in schools to prevent the creation and sharing of AI-generated nude deepfakes.
By testing and evaluating school-based prevention approaches, the project will develop evidence-based educational resources and identify effective strategies for reducing harmful behaviours and promoting respectful online conduct.
Funding
$269,612
New South Wales
Last updated: 29/09/2026