Mentoring with EMILY's List - a real experience
You don’t know what you don’t know and when it comes to getting active in politics, that unknown could be the difference in the success of your campaign.
For almost 25 years, EMILY’s List endorsed candidates have been offered the opportunity to be matched with an experienced EMILY'S List mentor for advice and support during election campaign.
In the 2018 South Australian election, Angela Vaughn stood for the seat of Colton and was mentored by former Victorian MP, Janice Munt. Angela shares her mentoring experience.
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Universal Kinder: Having a seat at the table has impact
At EMILY’s List we often talk about the impact of having women at the decision-making tables is a broader, more representative legislative program. In January 2020 the Victoria Government announced it was investing almost $5 billion over ten years, so that children across the state will have access to two years of funded kindergarten programs.
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Women of Steel
Denied jobs by the city’s main employer, working class and migrant AWU women refused discrimination. The documentary, which received donations The Australian Workers’ Union, hundreds of other supporters and many other unions, follows their 14-year campaign as they went from the unemployment line to the factory gate and the High Court, as they challenged BHP, Australia’s richest company.
Women of Steel, directed by now retired AWU member Robynne Murphy, captures the stories of an inspiring victory that defied all predictions.
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Quarantined roles - we’re not what’s expected
This year, 2020, was supposed to go a certain way. I was bringing a new life into the world for the second time and my partner decided he’d like to have the experience that most fathers miss out on and become primary carer for our baby. We didn’t really think about the reactions people would have to the flip in traditional gender roles.
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Kay Setches awarded AM
Kay Setches takes every opportunity to champion women and being awarded an AM in yesterdays Queen's Birthday Honours List is no exception.
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Women and Superannuation
The next instalment of EMILY's Journal, our new platform for long-form pieces by EMILY's List members is Sonja Terpstra MP's thoughts on women and superannuation written for IWD2020:
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Health and well-being in uncertain times
First and foremost, we acknowledge all our members and supporters who are facing challenging times with the impact the current health crisis is having on you, your families, work places and communities. It is concerning and stressful, and a time when we all need to take care of ourselves and each other to the best of our abilities under the guidance of health professionals.
Our focus at ELA is to ensure we are doing all we can to minimize the spread of the COVID-19 virus and put the health and well-being of the community at the forefront of our planning.
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We did it! Abortion in NSW decriminalised
Building on decades of work by pro-choice organisations, in September 2019 Penny Sharpe, MLC introduced the Reproductive Health Care Reform Bill 2019 into the NSW Legislative Council successfully overturning the bill criminalising abortion. The bill was co-sponsored by EMILY's List MPs Trish Doyle, Jo Haylen and Jenny Aitchison with the leadership of Jodi Mckay.
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