The ACLW Panel to explore a range of issues that concern women who are experiencing disadvantage in Australian communities commences.  The Panel comprises women who advocate for, work with, research and represent women who are disadvantaged. Pannellists will be focussing on: Key issues...

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...

ACLW will be hosting Leadership Conversations at the City Beach Function Centre in Wollongong, NSW.  Each Conversation involves a Panel of leaders from different sectors in the Illawarra in front of a live audience. Conversations with Diann Rodgers-Healey to explore leadership in action...

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...

White Ribbon Night - 26 July 13 Have a night in with your friends to raise vital funds and help stop men's violence against women. By getting the word out, you will let the world know where you stand and extend the reach of Australia's Campaign to stop men's violence against women. To...

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...

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...

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 for people aged 18 to 64...

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...

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...