Our Watch runs the website The Line, aimed at educating young people aged 12 to 20 about respectful relationships and behavioural change.
Its role was to provide national leadership in this area,[2] and to drive change in culture, behaviours and power imbalances that cause violence against women.
[13][5] In 2018, a new element was added to the framework, with the publication of "Changing the picture: preventing violence against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women".
[13][5] In 2020, Commonwealth Bank partnered with Our Watch, producing free online resources for employers to help support employees who experienced domestic and family violence.
These are:[4] Co-founder and inaugural chair Natasha Stott Despoja left the position in July 2021,[20] and was appointed life patron in August 2022.
[22] Ambassadors have included Arman Abrahimzadeh; Ben Brown; Tarang Chawla; Kyle Flanagan; Khadija Gbla; Charlie Pickering; Lucy Turnbull; Tasma Walton; Julia Zemiro; Stella Young; and others.
[23] As of 2018, Australia was the only country with a national framework to prevent violence against women and their children, which put Our Watch in a unique position.
Importantly, Our Watch had created an Australian evidence base, and had established a common language for use when discussing the issue of gendered violence.
The report also concluded that Our Watch, through its extensive programs, publications, events and resources delivered to meet its key priorities, that is to build the evidence base; to raise awareness; and to expand the capacity of primary practitioners.
In the executive summary, the report said "Our Watch has and continues to meet the policy outcomes set when it was established", and, although the impact of primary prevention measures are difficult to measure, "Our Watch has achieved extensive influence in the development of the field of primary prevention in Australia and its evaluated programs have shown influence in changing attitudes".