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Julia Gillard Next Generation Internship Report 2020-21
August 12, 2021
In her report The Missing Women of Australian Politics: How violence against women creates barriers to female representation, 2020/21 Julia Gillard Next Generation intern Medha Majumdar explores the negative impact of violence against women in pursuit...
Read More ShareViolence against women is a barrier to women entering Australian Politics: Julia Gillard Next Generation Intern Report
August 12, 2021
Violence against women is a barrier to women entering Australian Politics The recent revelations of sexual harassment and assault within Parliament House in Canberra has exposed political organisations as unsafe workplaces, where violence against women...
Read More ShareBalancing the voice of power: Being heard and igniting change in the time of Trump
July 27, 2021
The ACT EMILY's List Action Group hosted virtual event on July 24, with special guests from EMILY's List USA sharing their experiences and insights of getting women into office.
Read More ShareFEDERAL BUDGET 2021: ARTS AND CULTURE - IMPACT ON WOMEN
July 13, 2021
There is bipartisan agreement that the closure of the $111 billion (6.4% of GDP) arts and culture sector during COVID, with its extensive cancellation of events and performances, had an unprecedented impact. The closures...
Read More ShareWho is defining merit?
May 08, 2021
Recent reports that some in the Liberal party are finally considering the introduction of quotas has generated some discussion within EMILY’s List. Helen Creed was involved in negotiating the introduction of Affirmative Action (AA) Rules...
Read More ShareCultural change takes time - our work is not done.
April 28, 2021
Paul Keating backed in the formation of EMILY's List Australia as Prime Minister. It was hard to dismiss the logic of Joan Kirner and the other women who identified the need to break the bias...
Read More ShareELA Strategic Plan 2021 - 2024
April 26, 2021
EMILY's List Australia Strategic Plan 2021-2024
Read More ShareQuotas – how affirmative action changed the Labor Party for the better
March 31, 2021
Parliaments are traditionally male bastions of power, but you would think that in all the years since women’s suffrage in Australia there would be greater change. The right for women to be elected to...
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