Gannawarra Goes Orange

Held during Tuesday, 25 November to Wednesday, 10 December, highlights of the 2025 Gannawarra Goes Orange campaign included:

• The Rotary Club of Kerang-organised Walk Against Family Violence. Starting at Atkinson Park, residents were encouraged to wear orange and join community leaders in walking to Northern District Community Health’s Kerang headquarters for a commemorative tree sign unveiling, then to Victoria Square for a presentation from Women's Health Loddon Mallee Chief Executive Officer, Kellie Dunn and a barbecue lunch provided by the Rotary Club of Kerang.
• A Women’s Health Loddon Mallee-organised Preventing Violence Beyond the Binary webinar.
• Special Gannawarra Library Service Story Time sessions.
• Lighting up key Council and community assets orange during the campaign.
• Local cafes incorporating 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence messaging on their take-away coffee cups during the campaign.

Held during Monday, 25 November and Tuesday, 10 December, highlights of the 2024 Gannawarra Goes Orange campaign included:

• The Rotary Club of Kerang-organised Walk Against Family Violence. Starting at Atkinson Park, residents were encouraged to wear orange and join community leaders in walking to Northern District Community Health’s Kerang headquarters for a commemorative tree planting, then to Victoria Square for a speech from Marina Simonelli and a barbecue lunch provided by the Rotary Club of Kerang.
• A Women’s Health Loddon Mallee-organised Together We can Change the Story: Exploring Men's Role in Building Respect and Equality webinar.
• Special Gannawarra Library Service Story Time sessions, featuring No Difference Between Us by Jayneen Sanders. 
•  Incorporating the Gannawarra Goes Orange campaign into Gannawarra Shire Children’s Services’ programs, including encouraging children to wear orange and distributing resources to families;
• Lighting up key Council and community assets orange during the campaign; and
• Local cafes incorporating 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence messaging on their take-away coffee cups during the campaign.

Held during Saturday, 25 November and Sunday, 10 December, highlights of the 2023 Gannawarra Goes Orange campaign included:

• The Rotary Club of Kerang-organised Walk Against Family Violence. Starting at the steps of the Kerang Council Building, residents were encouraged to wear orange and join community leaders in walking through Kerang’s central business district to the Kerang Community Market, occurring at Atkinson Park, to hear from a special guest speaker.

• The Empower Her morning tea, held at Jen's on George, Cohuna. Hosted by NDCH Chief Executive Officer, Mandy Hutchinson, Empower Her founders, Jo Bear and Meg Last shared their heart-warming story of volunteering overseas to spread the joy of netball and teamwork with rural women in India.

• An Affirmative Consent webinar, featuring Teach Us Consent founder, Chanel Contos.

• A special Gannawarra Library Service Story Time session, featuring Jayneen Saunders’ book, No Difference Between Us.

• The Gendered Drivers of Violence in Everyday Life online lunch and learn series.

• Incorporating the Gannawarra Goes Orange campaign into Gannawarra Shire Children’s Services’ programs, including encouraging children to wear orange and distributing resources to families.

• Lighting up key Council and community assets orange during the campaign.

• Refreshing the Dunny Door messaging on high-use toilet facilities throughout Cohuna, Kerang and Koondrook, and installing posters at these facilities that highlight what gender-based violence includes.

To learn more about the 2023 campaign, please click here(PDF, 7MB) to download the Gannawarra Goes Orange 2023 Campaign case study.

The 2022 Gannawarra Goes Orange campaign will run from Friday, 25 November to Saturday, 10 December.

As part of this 2022 Gannawarra Goes Orange campaign, the Kerang Council Building was lit up with orange lighting between 25 November and 10 December, with a new Gannawarra Says No to Family Violence banner displayed from the historic building’s balcony. Signage was also displayed at neighbourhood houses throughout the municipality.

Local businesses were able to support the campaign by registering to receive a morning tea kit, whilst schools could register to receive a book and activity packs that educate about gender equality.

Residents were encouraged to take part in the campaign by displaying postcards that were sent to all properties in the Gannawarra Shire in public places to foster conversations about calling out gender-based violence.

Council received funding to support the statewide message, Respect Women – Call it Out, and used the Gannawarra Says No to Family Violence message across the Gannawarra in prominent locations.

The campaign aimed to raise community awareness of high rates of family violence across the Gannawarra Shire and what can be done to turn this situation around.  

The local campaign also included a number of workshop opportunities that community members were encouraged to participate in. 

To learn more about events held, please click here(PDF, 10MB).  

The 2020 Gannawarra Goes Orange Campaign pivoted due to the COVID-19 pandemic to include an online campaign and a video declaration that Gannawarra says NO to family violence. To learn more about events held, please click here(PDF, 3MB) .