2010 CLW Advancement of Women in the Workplace Award (AWWA)
Information & Application
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Applications for this Award should indicate a commitment to women’s
empowerment.
The
Award will encompass achievements by the Entrant for the year prior to
the Award and continuing in the year of the Award.
Commercial Sponsorship for the Award is primarily used to fund the prize
for the winners. The allocation of prize money can be re-configured by
the judges, if the categories cannot be fulfilled due to insufficient
number of applicants qualifying for the categories stipulated for that
year.
Individuals can nominate themselves for the Award or be nominated by
someone else but must provide supporting documentation from the
workplace in which the project was instigated. The Application will
require the nominee to address the questions in the application.
Nominees and supporting individuals may be interviewed on the phone by
Diann Rodgers-Healey for further assessment of the application during
the course of the judging.
The Award is open to Members of CLW. Membership of CLW is open to anyone wishing to nominate for the award, or to nominate someone for the award. For further information about membership see: Membership of CLW There is no fee for entry of the Award. Applicants must be Australian citizens, or have been granted permanent residence.
Applications will be open for this Award on 1 September
2009 and will close at 5pm, 22 December 2009.
All applications must be emailed and posted to Diann
Rodgers-Healey as indicated on the application form.
Extensions cannot be
granted.
The information below is divided into the following sections which are linked to the relevant section.
| Judges for the AWWA |
| Timeline |
| Eligibility Criteria |
| Requirements |
| Selection Criteria |
| Award |
| Prizes |
| Proud Sponsors |
| Application Instruction and Procedures |
| Application |
| Download the Application |
Applications will be judged by Dr Diann Rodgers-Healey, Founder of CLW; Nareen Young, CEO of Diversity Council Australia and Avril Henry, Principal of Avril Henry Pty Ltd.
NAREEN YOUNG
Nareen Young is the CEO of Diversity
Council Australia (DCA).
DCA
is the independent, not-for-profit
diversity advisor to business in
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understand and achieve leadership in diversity thinking and practice in an Australian context
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realize business improvement through successful diversity programs
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implement effective compliance management in a changing legislative environment, and
publicly demonstrate commitment to diversity.
DCA members have access to free or discounted services to support and enhance their internal diversity capabilities and external profile.
Visit www.dca.org.au for more information ...
AVRIL HENRY
Avril Henry graduated from the University of Cape Town in Accounting and
Economics, migrating to Australia in 1980, with two suitcases, $500 and
a dream to live freely and make a difference.
She embarked on a career which spanned senior roles in Finance, IT
Project Management, Change Management and HR. The companies she has
worked for include De Beers, Barclays Bank, Midland Bank, UBS Warburg
and Westpac. She has worked in South Africa, Australia, the UK and USA.
From 1994 to 2003, Avril held senior HR and HR Director roles at
Westpac, DMR Consulting Group, Merrill Lynch and Clayton Utz, with a
focus on leadership development, people management strategies, cultural
change and integration. During a time of significant cultural change at
Westpac in the mid 1990's, Avril developed and implemented two programs
on diversity and sexual harassment which resulted in two awards for
Westpac from the Australian Human Rights Commission. In 1996 she went on
to win a Silverscreen award for a video on child care titled "Care for
Kids" in Chicago, and received a special recognition award for her role
in producing a video titled "What's Sex Got To Do With It?", which was a
finalist at the New York Film and TV Festival Awards.
She is a past Chair and co-Founder of the National Diversity Think Tank,
a past president of the Sydney Business & Professional Women's Club and
was a member of the Westpac Delegation to the 1995 Beijing Women's
Conference in China.
More info about Avril
Henry...
The Applications will be judged from 22 December to 1 March 2010. During this period short-listed candidates may be interviewed for further judging. All of the Winners will be announced at CLW and a press release issued on 8 March 2010, International Women's Day.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE
AWARD
The 2010 Advancement
of Women in the Workplace Award recipient must
demonstrate all of the following:
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The project must have been undertaken from January 2008 onwards and must have been of 3 months duration in the minimum.
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The project was designed and implemented for the benefit of women’s advancement and their empowerment in the workplace.
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The project’s aims included one or more of the following: reducing gender disparity, promoting equity; enabling women’s advancement in the workplace
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The recipient must have been the main creator and co-ordinator of the project.
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The project provided a demonstrable positive impact on women in the workplace and was well received by the management and women in the workplace.
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Innovation and success of the project in terms of what it involved, how it identified and addressed needs, its evaluation and current status.
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The size of the project in terms of how many women in the workplace it directly benefited.
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Integration of the project into the organisation’s operations and planning
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The learning that the individual gained through the development and implementation of the project and the changes made for greater efficiency
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The amount of personal effort the individual invested in the project from the beginning to the end in terms of being the person who was the main driver of the project
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The completion of the Award Application by the individual who created the project.
There will be 4 rankings for the winners:
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One First place or Gold Winner
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One Second place or Silver Winner
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One Third place or Bronze Winner
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Each winner will be issued a Certificate and prize money by post on 8 March 2010, International Women’s Day.
The Gold Winner will receive $1500 prize money.
The Silver Winner will receive $ 1000 and the Bronze Winner will receive $800 prize money.
The 3 Highly recommended
winners will receive $500 each.
GOLD SPONSORS OF THE 2010 ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE AWARD
CLW is proud to announce that PepsiCo Australia and
To be considered for
2010 CLW Advancement of Women in
the Workplace Award, a candidate must:
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Complete an application form . Applications must be typed and in 12pt font.
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Submit 2 letters including contact details from women who benefited directly from the Project
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Submit 1 letter including contact details from a manager of the workplace in which the project was implemented
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Submit a certified copy of a Birth Certificate or Australian Citizenship Certificate or Permanent Resident Status Certificate
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Email your application to:
Mail your application
to be received no later than 5pm, 22 December 2009 with an
Application for
Membership, if you are not a
current Member of CLW to : 2010 CLW Advancement of Women in the Workplace Award
PO Box 3144, Minnamurra NSW 2533
After the judging process
is completed, winning candidates will be required to email a photograph
of themselves for publication.
All eligible applications
will be evaluated and ranked by Diann Rodgers-Healey, Founder of CLW,
Nareen Young, CEO of Diversity Council Australia (DCA) and Avril Henry,
Principal of Avril Henry Pty Ltd.
Any questions regarding the Award can be emailed to Dr Diann Rodgers-Healey
Any individual, who works
for CLW, DCA, Avril Henry Pty Ltd, PepsiCo ANZ or Australia Post or is a
relative of the judges, will not be eligible for an award under this
program.
APPLICATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE AWARD
Any material in excess of 10 A4 pages will not be passed on
to the judging panel.
Section A:
Provide an overview of the
project for the advancement of women in your
workplace addressing how your project meets the Requirements and
Selection Criteria for the Award.
Section B:
Explain why you instigated
the project?
Explain how you conducted the project. Include whom you collaborated
with and why? What were the difficulties and highlights of implementing
your project?
What were the measurable and non-measurable results of your project?
What is the current status of your project?
How has your workplace integrated the project?
Section C:
What have you personally learnt from your efforts to advance women in
your workplace?