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The first female to lead a state or territory government was Rosemary Follett serving in 1989 and again between 1991 and 1995 as chief minister of the ACT. The first female premier was Carmen Lawrence, leading Western Australia for three years until 1993. Joan Kirner was the first female premier of Victoria, serving from 1990 to 1992.
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 ...
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]
Stepping out of line: Becoming and being feminist (Psychology Press, 2005) excerpt; Lake, Marilyn. Getting equal: The history of Australian feminism (Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 1999) Lake, Marilyn (Winter 2013). "Women's and gender history In Australia". Journal of Women's History. 25 (4). Johns Hopkins University Press: 190– 211. doi:10.1353 ...
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Pages in category "Feminist organisations in Australia" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Women with Disabilities Australia (WWDA), formerly known as the Women with Disabilities Feminist Collective (WDFC), is an Australian social support organization representing women, girls, feminine identifying, and non-binary people with disabilities, which first engaged in feminist political action in the 1980s. [1] [2]
[2]: 119 Between 1971 and 1974, the UAW held fourteen meetings focusing on Indigenous issues and racism, as well as inviting Aboriginal women to speak at the 1972 and 1974 International Women's Day celebrations, and having members who shared their experience in northern and inland Australian Indigenous communities.