From Barbara Smith, WISENET TAS Convenor 
   (posted January 27, 2005)

 

USEFUL RESOURCES ON GENDER ISSUES

 
Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA)

The Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA) provides advice and information to employers on implementing equal opportunity programs for women in the workplace. Equal opportunity workplace programs are implemented to eliminate discrimination against women in the workplace. The EOWA administers the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Act 1999.

www.eowa.gov.au

Office of the Status of Women (OSW)

OSW's role is to provide policy advice to the Prime Minister and the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of women on issues affecting women in Australia.

www.osw.dpmc.gov.au

Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC)
The Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission website provides information on a wide variety of Human Rights issues; including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice; Disability Rights; Human Rights; Racial Discrimination and Sex Discrimination.

www.hreoc.gov.au

Australian Public Service Commission (APSC)

The mission of the APSC is to foster the achievement of a high performing, ethical and client focused public service, promoting quality management of people and work. The APSC supports the implementation of government policy on the APS on workplace diversity The APSC has an Australian Public Service Employment Database (APSED), which provides data about the representation of EEO groups in APS agencies.

www.apsc.gov.au

Womens Electoral Lobby (WEL) Australia Inc

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.

Office of the Director of Equal Opportunity in the Public Employment (NSW)

The Office supports the Director of Equal Opportunity in Public Employment in administering the EEO program for the NSW Public Sector. The EEO Program aims to achieve fair outcomes for everyone in Public Sector employment and to enhance employment opportunities for the four identified EEO groups, including women.

www.eeo.nsw.gov.au

Centre for Leadership for Women

This is a virtual Centre with the aim of empowering women to recognise their own potential to be Leaders in a work and/or personal context, through an online environment that allows:

  • women the opportunity to learn from the experiences of leaders, both female and male

  • undertake self-evaluation

  • be able to express their personal and professional concerns and needs

  • become informed about current leading issues and the individuals who are making it happen

http://www.leadershipforwomen.com.au/

Advancing Women

Advancing Women is a US skills building organization which provides coaching, mentoring, strategy and support to empower women to route around traditional choke points in their careers and to keep advancing to the highest level of their capabilities. They place particular emphasis on the many ways technology overlays a business and how it can be leveraged to advance one's career.

www.advancingwomen.com

Catalyst

Catalyst is a non-profit US organisation that works with corporations and professional firms to advance women in business and the professions. Catalyst counts the number of women on Fortune 500 Boards, how many corporate dollars and the percentage of women of colour in corporate management. The Catalyst Awards honor coporations and firms who have made pioneering initiatives that advanced women.

www.catalystwomen.org

OTHER RESOURCES

Pregnancy Guidelines

Launched by the Federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner earlier this year, the guidelines provide practical advice on meeting obligations under the Sex Discrimination Act 1984. For further information see the HREOC website:

www.hreoc.gov.au

Balancing Breastfeeding and Work: Employer support

Workplace Support Project Materials targeting employers, employees and workplaces with information about combining breastfeeding and employment has been developed. The package contains a booklet, poster, and flier and has been disseminated to medium to large sized businesses throughout Australia to promote and support women continuing to breastfeed while in paid employment.

http://www.health.gov.au/pubhlth/strateg/brfeed/index.htm#national

BlueSuitMom

This US site for working mothers covers a wide range of topics from career advice to family issues. In its own words: “Welcome to BlueSuitMom.com, the Web site tailored for your busy executive life. We look forward to providing you with interactive tools and content designed specifically with career-committed mothers in mind.”

http://www.bluesuitmom.com/

www.wwwomen.com

This site is known as the premier search directory for women on line. It certainly covers a lot of ground.

www.wwwomen.com

Also check out a related site, which covers the best of the wwwomen sites:

http://www.wwwomen.com/feature/bestwww.shtml

Binary Girl

Where girls and technology click!

“The most important goal of BinaryGirl.com is to share knowledge with those interested in learning more about technology through an interactive community of women. Our mission is to bring members together so that they may create the ultimate resource for themselves.”

http://www.binarygirl.com

The Center for Women and Work

This Center, based at the University of Massachusetts, is dedicated to improving the conditions of work and enhancing economic opportunities for women through research, education, and social action. The Center is also dedicated to addressing the reciprocal relationship between women's work and the well being of communities. This site has lots of links to academic material.

http://www.uml.edu/centers/women-work/

AppointWomen

The Australian Government is committed to increasing the number of women in decision-making and leadership roles in Australia. AppointWomen is one of the strategies to achieve this.

AppointWomen is a database managed by the Australian Government Office of the Status of Women (OSW From the database in the register, details of suitable candidates can be provided to relevant Agencies. AppointWomen gives women interested in making a difference the opportunity to be considered for board appointments and it gives Australian Government boards and bodies the opportunity to consider the best possible candidates for the job. osw.dpmc.gov.au/appointwomen

Window on Women

windowonwomen.gov.au

Window on Women is a unique, single reference point designed to provide free access to integrated statistical data about women's needs and circumstances.