By Terese Edwards, CEO, National Council of Single Mothers & their Children From time to time Australia will put a spotlight on poverty and its impact. The issue gained a level of notoriety in the late 1980`s when the then Prime Minister Bob Hawk made child poverty a national concern. The action and response that […]
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I have been working and advocating for equality in the workplace and the wider society since 1979, when I was first employed at the NSW Anti-Discrimination Board. I have a long-held belief that to achieve equity, education is vital, particularly when it is empowered by legislation, and have conducted training programs in equal opportunity and
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In the lead up to the 2013 Federal Election, ACLW is running a Panel to explore the concerns of women who are in disadvantaged Australian communities. This Panel comprises Women Leaders in the community who are at the coal face working with women experiencing disadvantage. Panellists also offer their reflections and insights into relevant policy
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Press Release 5 June 2013 ACLW Panel on the Concerns of Women Experiencing Disadvantage in Australian Communities In the lead up to the election, whilst attention focuses on marginal seats, those who are disadvantaged in the Australian community should not be marginalised. The Report, How Australia is faring: Multiple Disadvantage 2012 which measured multiple disadvantage
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By Violet Roumeliotis, CEO of Settlement Services International The forced migration of people fleeing persecution is one of the major challenges in the world today. Australia has contributed to addressing this challenge by accepting more than 700,000 refugees for resettlement (Hugo, Njuki & Vas Dev, 2012) over the past 60 years. There is compelling longitudinal evidence
By Kelly Hinton, Executive Director, Project Respect Violence against women (VAW) is publicly condemned in our community, largely due to the incredible perseverance and hard work of women and collectives all over Australia, over the last 4 decades (and beyond). We have both Federal and State Action Plans to Reduce or Eliminate or Address Violence
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By Janelle Brown, Aboriginal Community Engagement Being a community based Aboriginal woman (and worker) can be a difficult experience. I see a lot of pain and hardship around me and more often than not, there is nothing I can do to change it. But I will not give up. I love my community and I
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By Libby Davies, CEO, White Ribbon Australia One of the most insidious issues in our society that disadvantages women is men’s violence against women (VAW). Statistics reveal that one in three Australian women report having experienced physical or sexual violence since the age of fifteen and at least one woman is killed every week by
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The Work and Family Roundtable is made up of researchers with expertise on work and family policy. Its goal is to propose, comment upon, collect and disseminate research to inform good evidence-based public policy in Australia. The Roundtable is a network of 30 academics from 18 universities and research institutions with expertise on work, care and
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Paid Parental Leave schemes that create disincentives for women to return to work and stifle workplace innovation in the business sector, will not be of long-term value, according to several major women’s advocacy groups. The National Foundation for Australian Women (NFAW) has compared and contrasted the Paid Parental Leave (PPL) schemes of the major political
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By Kerriann Dear, Director of the Queensland Working Women’s Service Inc. (QWWS) For almost 30 years sexual harassment has been unlawful in Australian workplaces, yet while it is considered pervasive, [1] there is little research about the specific types and patterns of behaviour that constitute this phenomena and scarce information about the efficacy of prevention
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Executive Summary Our landmark survey of gender diversity in the leadership of the community sector is both a good news and a bad news story.In a sector where women comprise up to 85% of the workforce, women make up 51.4% of the board directors among organisations who responded to the survey. This compares favourably against
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The proportion of women sitting on corporate boards and executive committees in Asian companies is strikingly low compared with Europe and the United States, even though women remain under-represented in those regions too. Despite the business case for recruiting and developing more women, 70 percent of the executives we surveyed in Asia said greater gender diversity was not a
Women are still facing barriers to leadership positions in the government and private sector across the Asia/Pacific region, according to MasterCard’s latest Index of Women’s Advancement. See the infographic reflecting the Asia/Pacific data. The MasterCard Worldwide Index of Women’s Advancement measures the socioeconomic standing of women across Asia/Pacific, Middle East and Africa. The Index is comprised of
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This article is a Summary of Proceedings from the Regional Expert Meeting in Seoul, 4-5 December 2012.
By Dr Cathy Kezelman, President Adults Surviving Child Abuse The long-term effects of trauma experienced in childhood are a public health challenge of major proportions. Yet, despite its prevalence and impacts, such trauma often goes unacknowledged, unrecognised and unaddressed. Those affected often fail to receive the help and support they need and experience compounded disadvantage as
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In the lead up to International Women’s Day, Dr Diann Rodgers-Healey, Director of the Australian Centre for Leadership for Women, reflects on just how much the gender agenda has evolved and whether we’re taking the necessary steps towards gender equality. It is apt that the theme of this year’s International Women’s Day (IWD) is The
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What causes a woman to become an activist? How does this foundation shape her activism? What approach is most effective in assisting other women? This book by Dr Diann Rodgers-Healey seeks to answer these questions about women’s activism through studying the individual journeys of self-empowerment and activism of 12 leading global women activists who reflect
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January 2013 COMPLETE REPORT Executive summary The Australian Centre for Leadership for Women (ACLW) conducted a research study between 19 December 2012 and 31 December 12 to explore and understand through an online survey how women view Prime Minister Gillard and Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott’s performance in terms of their leadership and understanding of women’s issues.
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A New Solution for an Age-old problem The time has come to recognise that if it has not been possible to eradicate leadership inequities experienced by women, then it is not that more should be done to strategize what women can do within the existing boundaries of leadership, but to question the very boundaries themselves.
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