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She has been an active advocate for creating a "more civil" society. She was a long-term member of the Women's Electoral Lobby (WEL), and is still pursuing feminist change by putting revaluing social contributions and wellbeing onto political agendas, as well as recognising the common ground between Australia's First Nations and feminist values ...
Pages in category "Women's organisations based in Australia" The following 44 pages are in this category, out of 44 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In 1926 she was invited to a meeting at Beaumont House of the Australian Mothercraft Society, a Sydney charity whose president was Cara, Lady David, and whose aim was the reduction of deaths of infants from gastro-enteritis by the Plunket system [80] Three months later Roberts was a member and, at their General Meeting, was elected vice ...
The Women's Electoral Lobby (WEL) is a feminist, non-profit, self-funded, non-party political, lobby group founded in 1972 during the height of second-wave feminism in Australia. [1] WEL's mission is to create a society where women's participation and potential are unrestricted, acknowledged and respected and where women and men share equally ...
The first was the Victorian Women's Suffrage Society, was formed by Henrietta Dugdale in 1884. The organisations involved in the suffrage movement varied across the colonies. A national body, the Australian Women's Suffrage Society, was formed in 1889, whose aims were to educate women and men about a woman's right to vote and stand for parliament.
Laws against sex discrimination exist and women's units in government departments have been established. Australian feminists have fought for and won the right to federally funded child care and women's refuges. The success gained by feminists entering the Australian public service and changing policy led to the descriptive term 'femocrats'. [6]
What Women Want (Australia) Women with Disabilities Australia; Women's Brigade (Broken Hill) Women's Electoral Lobby (Australia) Women's Equal Franchise Association; The Women's Library, Sydney; Women's Service Guilds; Women's Studies Resource Centre
Its main purpose was to change the understanding of the role of women in the Australian church and society by raising awareness of Christian feminist issues. [ 1 ] [ 5 ] As part of its 1988 goal, WATAC sought 'an ongoing development of feminist theology, appropriately related to the Australian context'.