EMILY's List

Welcome to the relaunch of the EMILY's List Australia website!

Whether you're a Member of Parliament, current candidate, a political activist with parliamentary aspirations or just a passionate supporter of progressive women, EMILY's List can provide you with opportunities to
empower your participation, develop your skills or garner support from a nationwide network of volunteers.

With our new website your participation is even easier. Stay up to date with political developments for women online or through our social networking sites on Facebook and Twitter. Find out information about our
"Empowering Women" political training program, networking events and our Gender Gap Research, the only pre-election polling of women in marginal seats in Australia.

Most importantly, our website makes donating to our talented women candidates and MPs even easier. Now at just a click of our "Donate" button, you can give what you can to candidates that support shared
values of equity, diversity, choice, equal pay and childcare.

2010 is an exciting year for EMILY's List Australia. We have record numbers of talented progressive women in Parliaments across the country, many holding important ministerial positions within Labor Governments
where they are impacting directly on public policy for the common good of women. Nowhere is our impact more clear than in support for working women.

Who would have thought fourteen years ago when EMILY's List Australia was first launched that we would head into the 2010 election with consensus on both sides of the Federal Parliament that women and families needed Paid Parental Leave. Without the significant increase in women Parliamentarians that our advocacy has delivered, this development would not have occurred.

Despite these terrific opportunities for women, we know not to be complacent. If we are to reach our target of 50/50 representation of women, we must also be focused on fostering the next generation of progressive
Labor women MPs, through training, mentoring and financial support. Our first step in achieving this goal is to give women the confidence to share their talent and skills in the political arena. You, too, can inspire your daughters, nieces, friends or granddaughters by purchasing our "Future Prime Minister" t-shirts from our Merchandise shop.

Our mantra is "When Women Support Women, Women Win". If you believe Australia should be a more egalitarian society, join us today, a nationwide network of women using their financial and political influence to support the election of the next generation of progressive Labor women into Parliament.

Yours in sisterhood,