Media Releases
30 September 2008
Paid maternity leave report
NFAW welcomes the Interim Report of the Productivity Commission on a national system of paid maternity, paternity and parental leave.
29 August 2008
Home alone
Parents with children aged between 5 and 15 years of age have problems in fitting their work and other commitments around their child caring responsibilities, a national survey has shown.
Events
What women want...the naked truth (part 2)
21 October 2008
A panel discussion on what it will take for organisations to
see the benefits of flexible work practices will be held in
Sydney on the 21st October. Sponsored by the ANZ Bank, the
panellists will include Michael Rose, Todd Sampson and Jane
Caro, and the discussion will be moderated by Catherine Fox,
the Deputy Editor of Boss Magazine.
Marian Eldridge Award
11 October 2008
The 2008 Marian Eldridge Award for aspiring women writers
was presented by Maureen Bettle in Canberra to Jennifer
Mills from the Northern Territory.
Current projects and activities
- Australian Women’s Archives Project – a strategy to identify and support preservation of women’s records and make them accessible to researchers, and it includes an online Register of the location and content of women’s records
- Women on Boards – a network focussed on mentoring women into directorships
- Social policy work - This group is working on paid maternity leave, sex discrimination and pay equity issues.
- National History Challenge - This contest encourages Australian school students to learn about Australia's past. NFAW sponsors the Women's Category prize to raise awareness of the role women played in Australia's history.
- NFAW preferred donor fund supports a diverse range of activities. Examples include administering the Marian Eldridge Award (an annual award for aspiring women writers) and supporting the Pamela Denoon lecture presented on International Women’s Day every year (speakers have included Professor Hilary Charlesworth, Judy Horacek and Anne Summers).
Membership of NFAW is open to anyone interested in supporting the goals of NFAW.
Donations to NFAW are tax deductible, and donors can also choose to make tax deductible donations to our own specific projects (Australian Women’s Archives Project, Australian Women’s History Forum and the Social Policy Committee) as well as to other women’s organisations and projects through the NFAW preferred donor arrangements.
