The Equal pay gap is currently its lowest point ever. Progress is evident as the the gender pay gap has been closing at a rate of 1.3% per year since 2022. This is a decrease from 12% in November 2023, and 14.1% in May 2022 Definitions Equal pay: Requires employees to be paid the same for […]
Status of the Gender Pay Gap in 2024 Read More »
Women NSW wants to empower women to be confident money managers and have secure financial futures. Free resources are available to help women through different life stages from everyday financial support, dealing with unexpected issues and planning for the future. Everyday Money Matters Explore a range of resources to help plan everyday spending, savings tips
The Women’s Financial Toolkit Read More »
Menopause and Perimenopause affect half the population yet stigma, discrimination, assumptions and judgement hinder access to information, leaving many women without the support they need to manage symptoms. Sharing knowledge can help break the silence and challenge taboos, and ultimately improve women’s health and wellbeing. NSW Health now has a toolkit and podcast. Checkout the
Menopause and Perimenopause Resources Read More »
ACLW supported the amended LGBTIQ+ Equality Bill passed through the upper house of NSW Parliament to being law! The Bill passed 15 votes to 12 in the upper house, making it the largest package of LGBTIQ+ law reform in the state’s history. Among its many reforms, the Bill removes outdated barriers requiring trans people to
NSW LGBTIQ+ Equality Bill Becomes Law Read More »
On August 19, 2024, The Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) marked Equal Pay Day in Australia. Marking the 50 days into the new financial year that Australian women must work to earn the same, on average, as men did last year, WGEA reiterated that for every $1 a man makes in Australia, women earn just
WGEA Gender Pay Gap Analysis Read More »
The ripple effects of violence against women and children Violence against women and children is a problem of epidemic proportions in Australia. The ripple effects of violence against women and children have been outlined in the National Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children 2022 – 2032 as: Victim survivors • Intimate partner homicide
National Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children 2022 – 2032 Read More »
Excellent reforms have been instituted by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) to accelerate workplace gender equality in Australia, enabled by legislative amendments Reforms will improve transparency, accountability & action on gender equality in workplaces. The Albanese Government is taking action to improve workplace gender equality, with the gender pay gaps for nearly 5,000 Australian
Accelerating Workplace Gender Equality in Australia Read More »
Dr Rodgers-Healey This International Women’s Day, 8 March 2024, to honour the courage and remember the suffering of the thousands of women & children killed and terrorised in the Israeli-Hamas War, the war in Ukraine and Sudan, I will be pinning a piece of white cloth with a safety pin on the left side of the
IWD 2024 – Honouring the Courage of Women and Children Died in Conflicts Read More »
Australian Education Ministers agree on a way forward to substantively address gender-based violence in higher education. The prevalence of experiences of sexual harassment and sexual assault among university students, and the profound impact of these experiences on victim/survivors’ university lives was reported in the 2021 National Student Safety Survey in which a total of 43,819 students from
A National Plan to Address Gender-based Violence in Higher Education Read More »
Dr Diann Rodgers-Healey 14 February 2024 As we bear witness to the suffering and killing of children and women in Gaza, we also bear witness to world leaders who are unwilling to use their power to stop the killing and suffering of innocent civilians in Gaza. Leaders continue to “demand,” “caution,” “push very hard,” “warn,”
Voices in the Wilderness as Gaza Genocide Unfolds Read More »
https://aclw.org/journal/leading-issues-journal-2023-2024/
Leading Issues Journal 2023/2024 Read More »
19 JANUARY 2024 Following the 7 October 2023 brutal attack by Hamas on Israel, and the ensuing Israeli military bombardment of Gaza, UN Women has worked to analyse the differentiated impact on women, men, boys, and girls, to ensure adequate responses to their needs. In Israel, the October 7 attack killed some 1,200 people, including
UN Women – Facts and figures: Women and girls during the war in Gaza Read More »
Fulfilling science’s promise for gender equality Despite progress in women’s education, a persistent gender gap exists across all levels of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) globally. According to the United Nations, only one in five professionals in cutting-edge fields like artificial intelligence is a woman. Despite the demand for skills in Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies,
UN Women 2024 statement for the International Day for Women and Girls in Science Read More »
The Spotlight Initiative is an EU/UN partnership, and a global, multi-year initiative focused on eliminating all forms of violence against women and girls – the world’s largest targeted effort to end all forms of violence against women and girls. Spotlight Initiative is working with governments, civil society organizations, the media and other partners to eliminate all
EU/UN’s Spotlight Initiative Read More »
Social and affordable housing in Australia Excerpts from The State of the Nation’s Housing 2021–22 states: The National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation (NHFIC) was established in June 2018 under the National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation Act 2018. NHFIC calculates housing need as those in significant rental stress (defined as those in the lowest
Today marks six years since the invitation of the Uluru Statement from the Heart was issued to the Australian people. The Uluru Statement represents an unprecedented historic First Nations consensus position on the form of recognition being a First Nations Voice enshrined in the Constitution, and then through Voice, Makarrata: the coming together of Australian
The Uluru Statement from the Heart Invitation Read More »
If you would like to be an exceptional leader, ACLW’s Dr Diann Rodgers-Healey invites you to register for a transformational personalised Leadership program for women called, Leading with Purpose to be held in July 2023 Discover your Purpose & lead from your core foundation of strength, clarity and vision to make a meaningful impact. This
Leading with Purpose Read More »
To celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD) 2017 in the Illawarra, the Australian Centre for Leader-ship for Women (ACLW) invites you to celebrate this day with Illawarra women leaders participating in a program of reflective and explorative conversations and presentations from Illawarra High School Students on the theme, Gaining the Unexpected.Highlights of this Program include a
International Women’s Day (IWD) 2017 Read More »
In October 2012, FECCA received funding from the Australian Government Office for Women within the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs to undertake the Women’s Leadership and Development Strategy/Promoting of CALD Women’s Participation on Boards and in Decision-Making Positions Project (the Project). The overall aim of the Project is to enhance the