The NFAW supports measures that improve the affordability, accessibility and quality of early childhood education and care (ECEC).
We understand the focus on work and care to apply to both the intersection of workplace laws with informal caring responsibilities, but also the intersection of the workplace laws with employment in the care sector.
The National Foundation for Australian Women (NFAW) will be playing a vocal role in bringing to your attention KEY issues around critical policies for women that need to be addressed and part of the dialogue in the lead up to the 2022 Federal Election.
Submission to the Senate Select Committee on Job Security’s Inquiry into the impact of insecure or precarious employment on the economy, wages, social cohesion and workplace rights and conditions. This submission is being made by the National Foundation for Australian Women (NFAW).
The NDIS needs funding security to ensure we can get the Scheme right, including stopping independent assessments which will hurt women with disability. Disabled women* are already finding it hard to access the NDIS, with only half as many participating as men, and the proposed independent assessments will exacerbate this by building even greater barriers to accessing a Scheme which is built to support the male experience of disability. Apparently, it’s all in the name of saving $700m.
Rarely has there been a greater focus in Australia on gender equity. There is overwhelming national demand for equality and for cultivating a greater culture of respect. It is a pity that this interest has been generated by such flagrant breaches of the principles of equality and respect, but experience shows us that real action is often driven by attempts to clean up after massive failures.
It is now widely acknowledged that the different elements of the retirement income system affect women differently to men. The design of the superannuation guarantee system is inherently flawed as it is based on lifetime income.
NFAW is pleased to endorse the Good Shepherd Australia New Zealand's (GSANZ) submission to the Royal Commission into Victoria's mental health system. The submission focusses on gender differences in the prevalence, treatment and prevention of mental health conditions and suicidality.
