Gender Lens on the 2025 Election
March 7, 2025
NFAW calls on the Next Government to Continue Progress for Women. We urge the next Government to be bold and...
Read More
Media Release: NFAW welcomes the announcement of National Women’s Alliances
October 31, 2024
The National Foundation for Australian Women welcomes the announcement by the Assistant Minister for Women, Kate Thwaites, on 29 October 2024...
Read More
Media Release: Political Leaders Override Expert Stakeholders on the Framing of Questions for the Census
September 1, 2024
The Government's refusal to include questions on sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression in the 2026 Census is a...
Read More
Media Release: NFAW 2024 Federal Budget Gender Lens Analysis
May 27, 2024
NFAW's 2024 Federal Budget gender lens analysis finds that the budget's initiatives only partially reflect the ambition outlined in the Government's...
Read More
Gender Lens on the 2024-25 Budget
May 27, 2024
In March 2024 the Australian Government released “Working for Women: A Strategy for Gender Equality”. This strategy identified five key...
Read More
Media Release: NFAW Responds to the 2024 Federal Budget
May 16, 2024
National Foundation for Australian Women (NFAW) Responds to the 2024 Federal Budget: A more ambitious and comprehensive action plan is...
Read More
A Critical Milestone Achieved: National Foundation for Australian Women Welcomes Australia's Gender Equality Strategy
March 7, 2024
The National Foundation for Australian Women (NFAW) welcomes the Australian Government's release of its first-ever gender equality strategy, Working for...
Read More
75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights – A Griffith University event
December 13, 2023
NFAW are honoured to share the opening address of the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by...
Read More
Gender Lens on the May 2023 Budget
May 20, 2023
The second Albanese Budget builds on the initiatives introduced in the “bread and butter” budget from October 2022. Women’s economic...
Read More
Gender Lens on the October 2022-23 Budget
November 5, 2022
The first budget of the Albanese Government has signaled welcome changes in direction, particularly in moving toward an evidence-based Women’s...
Read More
Trail Blazers in Australian Film Light Up the Event in Canberra
June 15, 2022
Since the 1970s, each decade of women’s work in the moving image in Australia can be read as a significant cultural...
Read More
How To Hit The Ground Running
June 15, 2022
The Labor Government’s commitment to stick to its election script will come under pressure. It will be pressed to raise...
Read More
Media Release: Gender Lens 2022 Election Budget Response
April 5, 2022
The Budget Fails to Support Australian Women. No Structural Reform in Areas that Affect Women’s Lives. The Gender Lens 2022...
Read More
Budget fails to support Australian women - no structural reform in areas that affect women’s lives
April 5, 2022
2SM (Sydney): Women's Agenda "How roads and bridges win over social infrastructure and women (and men) missed out..." Read...
Read More
Gender Lens on the Budget 2022
April 3, 2022
Since 2014 NFAW has undertaken an in-depth analysis of the Budget papers through a Gender Lens. In 2021 the Government...
Read More
Run up to the Election Budget 2022 - Media Briefings
March 21, 2022
The National Foundation for Australian Women (NFAW) will be playing a vocal role in bringing to your attention KEY issues...
Read More
International Women's Day - #BreaktheBias
March 7, 2022
Videos - NFAW supports the launch of Safety, Respect, Equity in demanding a future in which all women enjoy safety,...
Read More
The Pamela Denoon Story: NFAW celebrates a Remarkable Story as told by her Husband Donald Denoon
November 29, 2021
The Pamela Denoon Lecture was inaugurated in 1989 as a tribute to the memory of Pamela Denoon and as a...
Read More
Building Australian infrastructure: What works for women?
June 28, 2021
Sustainable infrastructure is infrastructure that meets the needs of all users, not just a select few, through its entire lifecycle....
Read More
Gender Lens on the Budget 2021-2022
May 24, 2021
NFAW is a feminist organisation, independent of party politics. These position papers have been developed by NFAW’s Social Policy Committee...
Read More
Professor Helen Hodgson speaking on the ABC Life Matters Budget Panel, listen here
May 13, 2021
The "hot chocolate budget" - is everyone a winner? Professor Helen Hodgson gives her thoughts.
Read More
NFAW Director Sally Moyle interviewed about the Budget on Wave FM 96.5
May 12, 2021
Sally is interviewed by Sami Lukis and Damien Leith about what the 2021/22 Budget means for women. (Video)
Read More
Run up to the Budget 2021-2022 - thoughts from NFAW Social Policy Committee
May 10, 2021
The NDIS needs funding security to ensure we can get the Scheme right, including stopping independent assessments which will hurt...
Read More
Government’s respect road map still has a way to go - NFAW Opinion Piece SMH 9 April 2021
April 14, 2021
Rarely has there been a greater focus in Australia on gender equity. There is overwhelming national demand for equality and for cultivating...
Read More
2021 Pamela Denoon Lecture Libby Lyons, Director, Workplace Gender Equality Agency
March 2, 2021
Gender equality is at a crossroads in Australia’s workplaces. After seven years of data collection by the Workplace Gender Equality...
Read More
Dame Margaret Guilfoyle AC DBE - thanks and farewell
November 24, 2020
Dame Margaret was a Liberal politician who was Australia’s first woman in Cabinet with a ministerial portfolio, the first female...
Read More
NFAW independent modelling shows Economic Boost from increased funding in the CARE SECTOR
October 19, 2020
Following the release of the 2020 Federal Government budget, the National Foundation for Australian Women (NFAW) commissioned independent analysis by...
Read More
Gender Lens on the Budget 2020-2021
October 18, 2020
These position papers have been developed by NFAW’s Social Policy Committee to summarise 2020-2021 Budget measures of importance to women...
Read More
Budget is Gender Blind but COVID was not
October 9, 2020
The Government has advised women not to worry about how the Budget affects them because ‘Nothing in the budget is...
Read More
Vale Susan Ryan….and Thank You
September 28, 2020
Yesterday, Australian feminism lost one of its old guard. One of the legends in the battle for greater equality, fairness...
Read More
NFAW Annual Dinner with guest speaker Prof Helen Christensen
July 22, 2020
The 2020 Annual Dinner was held at the National Press Club on Monday 9 November 2020. The Guest Speaker was...
Read More
NFAW Preserving Women’s Gender Lens History
July 22, 2020
NFAW is developing a major initiative to create an interactive digital history wall of ‘Australia’s Gender Lens Champions through the...
Read More
Vale Sue Salthouse
July 21, 2020
"Sue was a longstanding and very valuable member of the NFAW Social Policy Committee. Her contribution to society on behalf...
Read More
Moves to bring abortion law changes before NSW Parliament welcome
July 28, 2019
Alliance Chair Wendy McCarthy said that in May the Alliance signalled a commitment to have abortion removed from the NSW...
Read More
Women at work in the 21st century - photo collection
April 22, 2019
Comprising 33 photos and supported by the National Foundation for Australian Women, Ruth Maddison's Women at work in the 21st century collection...
Read More
Gender Lens on the Budget 2019-2020
April 10, 2019
NFAW is dedicated to promoting and protecting the interests of Australian women, including intellectual, cultural, political, social, economic, legal, industrial...
Read More
Update on Budget Lockout of Women's Groups
March 19, 2019
UPDATE ON BUDGET LOCKOUT OF WOMEN’S GROUPS, TREASURY RELENTS, ONE CHAIR NOW MADE AVAILABLE National Foundation for Australian Women (NFAW)...
Read More
WOB supports NSW Premier's before and after school care plan
December 22, 2018
Women on Boards has welcomed the NSW Premier’s $120 million commitment to make before and after school care available to...
Read More
Australian Women's Register Crowdfunding
July 22, 2018
The Australian Women's Register which is maintained by our Australian Women's Archives' Project has been included in Melbourne University’s inaugural...
Read More
Gender Lens on the Budget 2018-19
July 8, 2018
Budget 2018-19 is not a great Budget for Women. That said, it is the first Budget for some time when...
Read More
National Economies and Commitments to Benefit from Gender Responsive Budgeting
June 22, 2018
Decision-makers around the region are being urged to match commitments on gender equality with increased and better targeted funding. Pacific...
Read More
What are they so afraid of? I’m just a young brown Muslim woman speaking my mind
May 10, 2018
By asserting my identity in a way that challenges my ‘place in the world’, I inadvertently challenge those who feel...
Read More
ACOSS welcomes move to scrap final 'zombie' measure
May 9, 2018
ACOSS welcomes the government’s announcement to take the last zombie measure - ‘increasing the pension age’ - off the table....
Read More
Media release: 2017-18 gender lens on taxation
May 31, 2017
The changes to taxation in 2017-18 Budget will impact Australian women according to new analysis released by the National Foundation...
Read More
Media release: 2017-18 gender lens on the National Disability Insurance Scheme
May 31, 2017
Analysis released by the National Foundation of Australian Women (NFAW) today highlights that while people with a disability were winners...
Read More
Media release: 2017-18 gender lens on higher education
May 31, 2017
Analysis release today of the 2017-18 Budget by the National Foundation of Australian Women (NFAW) has highlighted the impact of...
Read More
Gender Lens on the Budget 2017-18
May 15, 2017
With ABS data on wages and employment producing disquiet about the growth forecasts underpinning this Budget, there is cause for...
Read More
Gender Lens on the Budget 2016-17
May 15, 2016
Budget 2016-17 fails to bring Australian women into the centre of the economy and pushes many further into poverty. Cuts...
Read More
Gender Lens on the Budget 2015-2016
May 15, 2015
It has been the practice since 1984 for Federal Governments to produce a Women’s Budget Statement as one element...
Read More
Gender Lens on the Budget 2014-2015
May 22, 2014
NFAW, with other women’s organisations, is committed to examining the potentially differential impacts of policies and their outcomes for men...
Read More
Media release: out of school hours care
January 1, 2013
To improve women’s workforce participation more effectively, t he Commonwealth Government must enhance the availability and accessibility to families, of...
Read More
Media release: NFAW congratulates Government and welcomes Opposition support for paid parental leave bill
May 26, 2010
The NFAW is delighted that the Government has been so committed, and that the Opposition has formally stated its intention...
Read More
Media release: NFAW call to remove womens' workforce barriers
February 8, 2010
The National Women’s Alliance1 has called on Commonwealth and State/Territory Governments to reduce the systemic barriers to women with family...
Read More
