Anne Summers' website
From the website: "Anne Summers is a best selling Australian author, journalist and speaker on political and social, especially women's, issues." Anne's website is full of ideas on how to be active in support of women's issues, along with information on her work.
Emily's List
From the website: "EMILY's List is a political network formed to increase the number of women Labor parliamentarians who are willing to support the crucial issues of childcare, equal pay, pro choice."
HREOC: Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission
From the website: "The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission was established in 1986. Our goal is to foster greater understanding and protection of human rights in Australia and to address the human rights concerns of a broad range of individuals and groups. We have a particular focus on race, sex and disability discrimination, as well as the rights of Indigenous Australians. We are an independent statutory organisation and report to the federal Parliament through the Attorney-General."
HREOC: Pregnancy Guidelines
From the Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission website: "The primary aim of the Guidelines is to help workplace participants to understand and fulfil their obligations under the federal Sex Discrimination Act 1984. The Guidelines cover issues of pregnancy discrimination through all aspects of the employment relationship, including recruitment, employment and dismissal."
HREOC: Sex Discrimination
From the website: "Sex discrimination occurs when a person is treated less fairly than another person because of their sex or marital status or because they are pregnant. This is direct discrimination. Indirect discrimination can also occur when a requirement that is the same for everyone has an unfair effect on some people because of their sex, marital status, pregnancy or potential pregnancy."
HREOC: Women of the World know your human rights
From the Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission website: "Information to assist women in Australia to understand the human rights parameters of our lives and think about the lives of other women around the world."
ICFTU - Unions for Women Campaign
From the website: "The main objective of the Campaign is to significantly increase women’s membership rates, with the ultimate goal of doubling the number of women union members. In addition, the Campaign aims at breaking down the barriers to women becoming union members, activists and leaders. For more information, go to the links below!"
ICFTU: Equality
General page from the ICFTU on this issue.
ITF: Women
The ASU is affiliated to the ITF, and international grouping of transport industry unions. From the website: "Since 1994 an ITF Women Transport Workers’ Network has also been established, the active function of which is information exchange. The Network enables women in ITF unions to contact each other informally to exchange materials, help and advice."
Index of Australian Women's Organisations
From the website: "Index of Australian National Women's Peak Organisations and Regional Women's Organisations not represented nationally"
International Women's Day - March 8 (Australian website)
Resources supporting International Women's Day activities including events calendar; petitions; things to do; etc.
International Women's Day - March 8 (international website)
From the website: "Aurora owns and maintains the IWD website and for many years has promoted IWD activity globally through providing this FREE global register of IWD event listings used by women, the media, governments, charities and industry. This is a central global register of IWD events, for downloading IWD logos and for helping women's groups from all around the world communicate their IWD messages."
National Foundation for Australian Women
From the website: "The National Foundation for Australian Women is dedicated to promoting and protecting the interests of Australian women and ensuring that the aims and ideals of the women’s movement and its collective wisdom are handed on to new generations of women. NFAW is a feminist organisation, independent of party politics and working in partnership with other women’s organisations. It is not affiliated to any political party and is independent of government funding."
National Women's Justice Coalition (Australia)
From the website: "The NWJC is a coalition of organisations and individuals which aims to promote women's equality before the law in Australia. In 1994 the Australian Law Reform Commission released three reports on Equality Before the Law which in summary reported on what the ALRC refered to as the failure of justice for women in Australia. The NWJC was established in the wake of the ALRC's reports in February 1995."
Oxfam-CAA: Why does gender matter?
From the website: "Women make up nearly 70 percent of the world's 1.3 billion people living in poverty, 65 percent of the world's refugees and two-thirds of the world's illiterate population. They constitute two-thirds of the exploited informal workforce, own just one per cent of the world's resources, and earn one-tenth of the world's income."
PSI: Gender Equality
The ASU is affiliated to PSI which is an international grouping of public sector unions. From the website: "PSI is committed to achieving equality between women and men. This means equality in work, equality in society, equality in the family and equality within the trade union movement itself. PSI does practical work to achieve the goal of equality."
Sex Discrimination Act 1984
Access to the legislation.
UK Equal Opportunities Commission
Legislative change in the United Kingdom has resulted in major reforms in the area of pay equity and work and family balance. The UK EOC is responsible for ensuring legislation is enacted in workplaces. This website includes some of the extensive resources they have created on these issues.
UN: Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
From the website: "The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), adopted in 1979 by the UN General Assembly, is often described as an international bill of rights for women. Consisting of a preamble and 30 articles, it defines what constitutes discrimination against women and sets up an agenda for national action to end such discrimination."
UN: Division for the Advancement of Women
From the website: "Grounded in the vision of equality of the United Nations Charter, the Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW) advocates the improvement of the status of women of the world and the achievement of their equality with men. Aiming to ensure the participation of women as equal partners with men in all aspects of human endeavour, the Division promotes women as equal participants and beneficiaries of sustainable development, peace and security, governance and human rights. As part of its mandate, it strives to stimulate the mainstreaming of gender perspectives both within and outside the United Nations system."
UNESCO: Gender Equality and Development
From the website: "The programme on gender equality and development promotes the exchange of knowledge and critical thought. This is done in order to influence public policy that will address gender equality, the participation of women in society and the human rights of women. We are committed to enhancing women's access to and participation in democratic processes and to encouraging the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women."
UNESCO: Mainstreaming the needs of women
From the website: "In every walk of life and in the boards, committees and councils where policy decisions are made, women encounter a glass ceiling when they reach the levels at which influence and authority are wielded. Until women are fully reprensented at the leadership level of public, professional and economic life, we cannot say that they enjoy full and equal rights.
UNESCO will continue its task of assisting the educational path of girls as the first and most important step in this direction. Helping to give women and grils access to education, knowledge and skills, employment and decent living conditions is one component of UNESCO's action in the eradication of poverty, on of the Organization's cross-cutting themes in the Medium-Term Strategy for 2002-2007."
UNI: Women's Inter-Professional Group
The ASU is affiliated to UNI which is an international grouping of trade unions covering workers in various industries, including the private sector. From the website: "A key part of the role of UNI is educating and campaigning for greater rights for women. Women play an ever-greater role at work - but often in low paid, part-time and insecure jobs.
Women still have a unique family role that needs to be reflected in, for instance, proper maternity arrangements and by more family-friendly policies at work."
Union Women At Work - NSW Labor Council
"Union Women @ Work is your one-stop shop to access information for women in the workplace. You will find fact sheets of workplace and general health, plus information on the latest legal and industrial developments as well as lifestyle and culture."
Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA)
From the website: "Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA) is the peak organisation for women with all types of disabilities in Australia. It is a federating body of individuals and networks in each State and Territory of Australia and is made up of women with disabilities and associated organisations. The national secretariat is located in Tasmania. WWDA is run by women with disabilities, for women with disabilities. It is the only organisation of its kind in Australia and one of only a very small number internationally. WWDA is inclusive and does not discriminate against any disability."
Women's Electoral Lobby (Australia)
From the website: "WEL Australia is a national independent political organisation dedicated to creating a society where women's participation and potential are unrestricted, acknowledged and respected and where women and men share equally in society's responsibilities and rewards."
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