Resources

Equality Rights Alliance have produced a range materials supporting advocacy for women's equality, leadership, and diversity. Below are just some of these resources, including those produced as WomenSpeak from 2001 until the 2010 relaunch as Equality Rights Alliance. To find out more about our history, please read Our Journey.

Submissions from ERA Members to Government Inquiries

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This section of the ERA Website is being updated. We invite all ERA members to share submissions to government inquries or consultations. Please email your submission to era.admin@ywca.org.au - and we can post it on the ERA website!

Minister for the Status of Women

The Hon Julie Collins MP  (Electoral Division of Franklin, Tasmania) is the new federal Minister for the Status of Women. Minister Collins also hold the Ministery portfolios of community services, indigenous employment and economic development.

Headshot of Julie Collins

Global Community

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Getting Young Women to the UN Commission on the Status of Women in 2012!

Are you under 30 years of age? Would you like to attend the CSW 2012? UN CSW 56 will meet in New York in February 2012 and consider two main themes:

  • Priority Theme: The empowerment of rural women and their role in poverty and hunger eradication, development and current challenges.
  • Review Theme: Financing for gender equality and the empowerment of women (agreed conclusions from CSW 52)

Why Young Women Get Involved and Stay Involved

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Copyright YWCA Australia on behalf of the Womenspeak Network 2006

Why Young Women Get Involved and Stay Involved: A Handbook for Community Organisations on how to Engage Young Women.

Parents Voices Film

In 2009 WomenSpeak Coordinator Ivana Durcinoska interviewed parents about their experiences with Out of School Hours Care (OSHC) and vacation care.

Women's Guide to Welcome to Country Ceremony

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Detail from artwork by Lesley Salem

Equality Rights Alliance acknowledges Aboriginal Peoples are Australia's first Peoples and the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land on which we work for women's equality. As women's advocates we want to make real the goal of gender equality and promote women's rights as human rights. This includes nurturing an environment that respects and values Aboriginal women and peoples, and their cultures and rights.

Election 2010: What's in it for women?

How well do the policies of the Australian Labor Party, the Coalition and the Greens meet the needs of women in Australia?

In the lead up to the 2010 federal election, Equality Rights Alliance produced Election 2010: What’s in it for women? - an examination of the policy positions and statements of the ALP, the Coalition and the Greens against areas of need for women.

WomenSpeak's Achievements

Equality Rights Alliance was launched in 2010, evolving from the work and achievements of WomenSpeak.