WEL's stance on varying policy areas for elections and inbetween.
Leadership, Governance and the Law
Anti-Discrimination, Boards and committees, Equal Political Representation, Family Law, Gender Mainstreaming, Media and advertising, Republic, Sexual harassment, Violence
International
Refugee Status of Women, Trafficking of Women, Women and Development
Work and income
Child Raising and other Caring Responsibilities, Economic Policy, Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action, Sex Workers, Superannuation and Retirement Income, Work, Wages and Industrial Relations
Community and family
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Women, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Women, Disabilities, Lesbian, Bi-sexual and Trans-gender Women, Older Women and Ageing, Rural and Regional Women
Habitat and services
Arts and Culture, Environment, Housing, Public Transport, Sport and Physical Activity, Women's services
Education
Health
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Links to women's issues in the news.
House of Representatives reports on Pay Equity
4 December, 2009
To address the pay equity gap in Australia for women a new report by the House of Representatives Employment and Workplace Relations Committee has recommended a raft of amendments to the Fair Work Act and Sex Discrimination Act.
Call for submissions–Review of the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA) Act
15 October, 2009
The EOWA Review will examine the effectiveness and efficiency of EOWA and the EOWWA in promoting equal opportunity for women in the workplace. The Act covers workplaces employing 100 or more people, and requires employers to develop and report annually on an equal opprotunity plan for women in their workpaces.
DIY Campaign - Free Equal Pay Cards at 1500 locations and on the net
31 August, 2009
On Equal Pay Day, 1 September 2009, the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA) will launch a new pay equity section of the EOWA website which will include an Avant Card campaign aimed largely at young people (with some great images, a tattoo and a fridge magnet).
Equal Pay Alliance wants earnings transparency
The Federal Government is being pressured to require companies to reveal what they’re paying men compared to what they are paying women. The call is coming in an open letter to the Government from members of a new alliance of more than 130 business and community groups.
Much work to do to close the gap on women’s pay
27 August, 2009
Data for May showed full-time ordinary time earnings rose by 6.5% for males and 5.2% for females, showing how women’s pay is going backwards. So women’s groups are asking women to wear red to work next Tuesday to illustrate their deficit and give their boss a red rose to remind him we too have thorns, if this gap does not decrease.
The latest formal submissions to government on specific issues.
WEL submission to the Reform of Australian Government Administration
30 December, 2009
WEL has made a submission to the Advisory Group on the Reform of Australian Government Administration, arguing that questions of gender equity and inclusion are crucial to good public sector management.
WEL’s submission to the Productivity Commission’s draft report on the Contribution of the Not-for-Profit Sector
4 December, 2009
The Commission has produced a report which sees the main measurable function of the not-for-profit sector as the services it provides for members, the community and, increasingly, on behalf of governments. While recognising the importance of these functions, there are serious concerns in the virtual omission of the role of many sector groups mainly involved in social change, advocacy and political influence.
WEL’s submission to the Review of the Equal Opportinity for Women in the Wotkplace Act and Agency
The Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency has achieved a great deal with very limited resources and mandates. But we need greater accountability and transparency, especially about the exercise of the Director’s discretions. The Agency will need to reorient resources to give feedback to poorer performers and conduct in-depth audits of a small sample of reports.
Be part of the survey: Your views on Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace
15 October, 2009
The Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Act 1999 (the EOWW Act) is currently being reviewed by the Office for Women on behalf of the Australian Government. You are encouraged to take part in the review by completing a brief online survey.
Try GetUp’s Equal Pay Calculator
28 August, 2009
This year, as we approach Equal Pay Day on September 1st, GetUp has put an equal pay calculator on its website. Women and men are urged to use the pay calculator ‘to see just how much you’d earn if you were the opposite sex’.
Wear something red on Equal Pay Day–September 1 2009
27 August, 2009
WORKING WOMEN ARE STILL IN THE RED–Women working full time, on average, get only 82% of men’s earnings and the gap is increasing. This year, women will have to work 2 months more - to 1 September - to earn the same as their male equivalent.
Women See Red on Equal Pay Day
25 August, 2009
Equal Pay Day on the 1st September women will be wearing red and Women’s Electoral Lobby will deliver red roses to politicians and employers because women workers are in the red compared to men’s earnings.
WEL endorses CEDAW shadow report
28 July, 2009
WEL has joined the 135 NGOS that have endorsed the CEDAW shadow report forwarded to the UN in July.