Safeguarding
Aus4Skills seeks to create an enabling environment where everyone, including women, people with disabilities, the rural disadvantaged, including people from ethnic minority groups, and other socially excluded groups in Vietnam, can participate and benefit equally in all our activities. We recognise that supporting gender equality and challenging the gendered drivers of violence against women and children are important steps towards achieving this mission.
Aus4Skills is strongly committed to creating a safe work environment where we proactively address issues of gender inequality, gender-based discrimination, everyday sexism, sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment, violence against women, and child exploitation and abuse. This includes a zero-tolerance approach to sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment (SEAH) and child exploitation and abuse.
All Aus4Skills staff (including advisers and consultants), partners and contractors, as well as participants in Aus4Skills activities (including Australia Awards Scholarships awardees, participants of Australia Awards Short Courses, Alumni Professional Group Co-Convenors and recipients of Australian Alumni Grants Fund) are expected to fully comply with DFAT’s Preventing Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment (PSEAH) Policy and DFAT’s Child Protection Policy.
All Aus4Skills staff, partners, contractors, and participants are required to immediately report any concerns, allegations or suspicions of SEAH, child exploitation and abuse, or PSEAH and Child Protection policies non-compliance. Reports can be made by people directly impacted or others who observe or know of occurrences of SEAH and child exploitation and abuse. If in doubt, suspected or alleged incidents should be reported. All reports are taken seriously.
Reporting sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment
Reports of sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment or concerns about the welfare of a vulnerable person should be notified to [email protected] using the SEAH Incident Notification Form.
Anonymous reporting can also be made through Aus4Skills’ managing contractor, Tetra Tech International Development, on this website. Tetra Tech is obligated to report all allegations of SEAH received to DFAT.
For immediate support in Vietnam or in cases of emergencies, reports can be made to the Police at phone number 113.
Reporting child exploitation and abuse
Reports of child exploitation and abuse should be made to DFAT’s Child Protection Compliance Section at [email protected] using the Child Incident Notification Form. DFAT’s Child Protection Compliance Section can also be reached on telephone at +61 2 6261 9048.
Anonymous reporting can also be made through Aus4Skills’ managing contractor, Tetra Tech International Development, on this website. Tetra Tech is obligated to report all allegations of child abuse and exploitation received to DFAT.
For immediate support in Vietnam or in cases of emergencies, reports can be made to the National Hotline for Child Protection at phone number 111 or to the Police at phone number 113.
