economic Security4Women

The Australian Human Rights Commission’s new toolkit Women in male-dominated industries: A toolkit of strategies was launched today, along with an interactive online discussion forum.  The toolkit provides practical and effective suggestions for how to attract, recruit, retain and develop women in traditionally male-dominated jobs.  Download the toolkit and join the online discussion forum!  Read [...]

e + t = eS4W? Is education and training sufficient for the economic security of women? A forum hosted by economic Security4Women A National Women’s Alliance Wednesday 12th June at the Freda Bage Room of the Women’s College College Road The University of Queensland St Lucia Campus 10am to 12 noon (9.30am for refreshments) Register [...]

economic Security4Women welcomes the next step towards gender equality in the workplace with the tabling of reporting requirements of employers in Parliament, by the Minister for the Status of Women Julie Collins. “We hope that these gender reporting requirements will provide clarity for employers and will contribute to the workplace changes needed for more women [...]

economic Security4Women (eS4W) is calling for a ‘gender lens’ to be applied at the National Community Summit: Creating Secure Jobs & a Better Society hosted by ACTU in Canberra today. The summit has been designed to be the next step in building an ongoing alliance of community groups, academics, think tanks and unions to work [...]

A report that explores the economic issues and challenges facing women during and after the 2011 floods in Queensland and Victoria will be released today by the Hon Ms Gai Brodtmann Member for Canberra, at the National Rural Women’s Conference being held in Canberra this week.   ‘Women’s voices from the floodplains was commissioned by [...]

economic Security4Women (eS4W) applauds the Minister for the Status of Women, Julie Collins, for her ongoing commitment to the National Women’s Alliances and their three year extension of funding until 2016. “This new funding will provide eS4W with the funds needed to further promote improved gender equality, women’s workforce participation, care work – paid and [...]

A forum hosted by economic Security4Women Wednesday 27th March at the Australian Human Rights Commission Level 3, 175 Pitt Street, Sydney NSW 2000 10am to 12 noon (9.45 am arrival for refreshments) Please register by: Wednesday 20th March 2013 eS4W Registration Page: http://www.trybooking.com/CIKP or Phone 1300 918 273 The forum will bring a spotlight onto [...]

- Associate Professor Sara Charlesworth speaks out at the Gender Pay and Workplace Equity forum held in Adelaide by economic Security4Women (eS4W). Sara Charlesworth was speaking at a forum held by eS4W to discuss the impact of insecure work on women’s participation in the workforce. The Adelaide forum was co-hosted by BPW South Australia (Business [...]

eS4W welcomes the passing of the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Amendment Bill 2012 in the senate last night. ‘This Bill represents a leap forward for the equal opportunity for everyone to participate in the workplace’ said Kimberly James, Executive Officer, of economic Security4Women (eS4W), a national alliance of women’s organisations. ‘We believe [...]

National women’s groups, economic Security4Women (eS4W) and the National Foundation for Australian Women (NFAW), welcomed The Hon. Tony Abbott MHR, Leader of the Opposition and The Hon. Sussan Ley, Shadow Minister for Childcare and Early Childhood Learning for supporting our call for a Productivity Commission review of child care. However the National women’s groups expressed [...]