We’ve unpacked some of the gender related indicators in Australia’s first Sustainable Development Goals report to the United Nations.
We’ve unpacked some of the gender related indicators in Australia’s first Sustainable Development Goals report to the United Nations.
Sydney
Hear from tenacious investigative journalist, Kate McClymont, at this fundraiser for an Australian feminist institution!
ERA partnered with Susan Hucthinson to provide this run down on some of the key domestic policy issues that came under the microscope at the UN for the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women.
Woden
This will be an interactive seminar and will give attendees the opportunity to discuss a
better future for Canberra.
In this series we have a chat with activists, advocates and stirrers making a difference for women and girls. The Lilac Foundation is a girl-led group campaigning for equal recognition of women in public monuments and memorials in Canberra. Tell us about the Lilac Foundation. The Lilac Foundation is a non-profit organisation that is focused on ensuring […]
The Migrant and Refugee Women’s Voices Survey is now open! Do you identify as a migrant or refugee woman? Are you over 18 and living in Australia? Do you want to be part of a national conversation about the issues that affect you? Then Harmony Alliance: Migrant and Refugee Women for Change wants to hear […]
“So it’s really great to see young women reclaiming that history and searching for those kinds of heroes that we need,”
“We have too many older women sleeping in their cars. We have too many mums who don’t know where the next meal for their kids is going to be coming from. We have entrenched economic disadvantage and it’s vital that we have a long-term plan for addressing that. Not short-term planning and long-term tax cuts.”
“With just over 40% of CRA recipients in housing stress after receiving CRA, females making up 66% of unassisted requests for specialist homelessness service and almost 200 000 households waiting for social housing, it is clear than when housing supports fail from under-investment, it is women and their children who are left with nowhere to go.”
Agenda 2030 is a beacon for Australia and the world. Owing to the low profile and lack of political attention and investment, the SDGs are under-utilised and untapped. Offering great promise and a shared vision of transforming our world, this agenda demands focus, funding and fulfilment, “business as usual will not be enough to achieve the agenda’s aspirations.”
Stay tuned for actions you can take in 2017 to advocate for women’s rights and gender equality in Australia
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