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 | Community Information and Services/Women| Information and resources relating to general women's issues |
 Office for Women [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | The Australian Government Office for Women (OfW) is part of the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA). | | Author | Australian Government - Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs |
| Australian Virtual Centre for Women and the Law [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | "The Australian Virtual Centre for Women and the Law is a purpose built facility which makes it easy to establish and manage highly functional email lists for large scale community development purposes. The Centre aims to promote women's legal equality in Australia and promote women's use of a range of computer mediated communication ('cmc') tools. | | Author | Community Organisation - National Women's Justice Coalition in partnership with the Law Foundation of New South Wales |
| Breast Cancer Network Australia [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | "We are a network of breast cancer consumer groups and individuals across the country. We link those Australians who have been personally affected by breast cancer, and offer them a national voice. The Network seeks to both improve the treatment and care of those diagnosed with breast cancer, and work towards preventing the disease for the benefit of the whole community." | | Author | Community Organisation - Breast Cancer Network |
| Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace (EOWA) [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | EOWA is a statutory authority located within the portfolio of the Australian Commonwealth Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR). EOWA's role is to administer the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Act 1999 (Commonwealth) and through education, assist organisations to achieve equal opportunity for women. | | Author | Australian Government - Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations |
| Immigrant Women's Support Service, Queensland [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | The Immigrant Women's Support Service is a community based organisation which works with women and children of non-English speaking background who are or have been in violent domestic situations and/or have experienced rape and/or sexual assault. It is a crisis and support service which provides culturally appropriate support, information, short-term counselling and referral. | | Author | Community Organisation - Immigrant Women's Support Service |
| Multicultural Centre for Women's Health (MCWH), Victoria [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | Multicultural Centre for Women's Health (MCWH) is an immigrant women's organisation committed to improving the health and wellbeing of immigrant women working in paid and unpaid employment across Australia.
Multicultural Centre for Women's Health provides national leadership and excellence in multilingual health education, advocacy, training, and research with specific expertise in sexual, reproductive, occupational, and mental health. | | Author | Community Organisation - Multicultural Centre for Women's Health |
| Office for Women's Policy, NSW [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | The Office for Women's Policy is located in the Policy Development Division of the Department of Premier and Cabinet. The Office provides leadership in promoting outcomes for women in NSW through policy development and working with other agencies, non-government organisations and inter-governmental networks. | | Author | State Government - NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet |
| Positive Women, Victoria [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | A small but active group run by women with HIV/AIDS in Australia. Membership covers more than two thirds of the HIV positive women in Victoria, Australia. We also have extensive links with positive women in all our States and Territories, as well as international groups for HIV Positive Women. This Web Site tells you more about our services and events, as well as issues facing Positive Women. | | Author | Community Organisation - Positive Women Victoria Inc |
| Queensland Working Women's Service Inc [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | QWWS provides information, advisory and advocacy services to women, on all work-related issues including:
renumeration and employment entitlements
maternity leave
termination and redundancy
discrimination and sexual harassment workplace bullying employment contracts & Australian Workplace Agreements
superannuation childcare
employment and training options union information
QWWS also offers a workplace counselling service and provides resources such as Infosheets and Workshops on employment, legal entitlements and job seeking. QWWS is funded by the Commonwealth and Queensland Governments. | | Author | State Government - Queensland Working Women's Service |
| Rural Remote and Regional Women's Network, Westwern Australia [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | The RRR Network consists of almost 5,000 members throughout Western Australia. The Network's charter is to bring together women from rural, remote and regional Western Australia to recognise, promote and expand the contribution they make to their communities. It aims to provide a mechanism for women to disseminate and share information on topics of interest to women and relevant to the development of regional communities. | | Author | State Government - jointly sponsored by The Department of Agriculture and the Department of Local Government and Regional Development |
| Rural Women's Network, NSW [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | The Rural Women's Network (RWN) is a program within NSW Agriculture. RWN aims to provide an interface between the government and the community on priority issues affecting rural women and to empower a diversity of rural women to better achieve their own goals. | | Author | State Government - NSW Agriculture. |
| Sacred Heart Mission, Victoria [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | "Located in the heart of the St Kilda 'red light' district we offer a haven for the critically disadvantaged, a place where those who have nowhere else to turn can come and warm up, have a cuppa, grab some lunch, talk to our committed workers, and just 'belong' for a few hours." | | Author | Community organisation - Sacred Heart Mission |
| Sport Leadership Grants for Women program [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | The Sport Leadership Grants for Women program is an initiative of the Australian Government that is jointly managed by the Australian Sports Commission and the Australian Government Office for Women.
The grants are available in five key areas: high performance coaching and officiating; Indigenous women; women in disability sport; women from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and women in general sport leadership.
The program is aimed at providing women with an opportunity to undertake sport leadership training. | | Author | Australian Government - Australian Sports Commission |
| Victorian Women's Trust [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | "The Trust works to improve the status of, and conditions for, women in Victoria in whatever practical ways it can. It uses a funding program to invest in women and effect social change; forms strategic alliances; undertakes significant action projects; advocates on relevant issues; fosters networks for the exchange of skill, ideas and information; showcases women's talents; and encourages women from diverse backgrounds to participate in social and cultural events, discussion and debate." | | Author | Community Organisation - Victorian Women's Trust |
| WIRE Women's Information, Victoria [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | WIRE - Women's Information is a free information, support and referral service for women. Through its telephone service and Women's Information Centre, WIRE aims to empower women to make confident choices for themselves.
WIRE provides information and referral on a wide range of issues including domestic violence, sexual assault, family life and relationships, health and well-being, education and training and legal issues. | | Author | Community Organisation - WIRE |
| Women's Health : resources [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | Various publications about women's health. | | Author | State Government - NSW Health | | Language | Publications available in various languages including : Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Italian, Khmer/Cambodian, Korean, Lao, Macedonian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese |
| Women's Health Queensland Wide [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | Women's Health Queensland Wide is an independent community-based information and education service funded by Queensland Health and the Federal Government. They offer a range of services to Queensland Women, Health Professionals and Students. They also conduct a health education program for rural and remote communities using multipoint videoconferencing and have experience in the satellite broadcasting of professional development programs for health professionals. | | Author | Community Organisation - Women's Health Queensland Wide |
| Women's Health Statewide, SA [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | "Women's Health Statewide (South Australia) is staffed by administrative workers, bi-cultural and bi-lingual workers, community health nurses, doctors, project workers and social workers. We actively promote improvement in health care for women by seeking to influence other health agencies, individual practitioners and the broader community." | | Author | State Government - Women's Health Statewide, SA |
| Women's Legal Aid, Queensland [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | Women's Legal Aid (WLA) is a specialist unit within Legal Aid Queensland (LAQ) that provides services including legal information, advice, representation and specialist social work support to women. WLA also provides court assistance to women applying for domestic violence orders in the Brisbane Magistrates Court. | | Author | Community Organisation - Legal Aid Queensland |
| Women's Legal Centre, ACT [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | The Centre offers free, confidential telephone advice Monday to Friday 9.30am to 12.00 noon. Women who do not speak English can contact them through the Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS): Phone 131450. Women with hearing or speech difficulties who use a TTY or computer modem can contact Australian Communication Exchange's National Relay Service: Phone 132544 and ask for 02 6257 4499. | | Author | Community Organisation - Women's Legal Centre |
| Women's Resource Information and Support Centre, Victoria [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | "We provide confidential personal support for women and children who have or are experiencing domestic violence. We run support groups regularly for survivors of domestic violence; for survivors of childhood sexual assault and for young women who have survived abuse. We also manage a domestic violence outreach service for the Ballarat, Golden Plains, Moorabool, Hepburn and Pyrenees Shires." | | Author | Community Organisation - WRISC |
| Women ACT [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | Women ACT is the ACT Government's new online information service for women and girls.
It brings together the Office for Women and Women's Information Referral Centre websites and includes an enhanced Women's Service Directory. | | Author | Territory Government - ACT Department of Disability, Housing and Community Services |
| Women Tasmania [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | Women Tasmania works to ensure women can be engaged in all aspects of society, and to ensure that Government policies, programs and projects are responsive to the needs of women and representative of their views. | | Author | State Government - Tasmanian Department of Premier and Cabinet |
| Women's Information and Referral Service (WIRS), NSW [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | The Women's Information and Referral Service (WIRS) is a first-stop, confidential telephone contact point for women seeking up-to-date and accurate referral information about organisations and services for women in NSW and border towns on a range of issues, including: violence against women and children; legal questions such as divorce, separation and custody; child care; housing; health; and work, education and training. | | Author | State Government - NSW Premier's Department |
| YWCA [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | The YWCA of Australia is a women's membership organisation. In Australia, the YWCA is represented in over 30 locations in all States and Territories, and currently delivers services to more than a quarter of a million women, men and children each year, throughout rural, regional and metropolitan Australia. The YWCA's of Australia provide services in youth; childcare; health; housing; emergency accommodation and travel accommodation. | | Author | Community Organisation - YWCA |
| YWCA [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | The YWCA of Australia is a women's membership organisation. In Australia, the YWCA is represented in over 30 locations in all States and Territories, and currently delivers services to more than a quarter of a million women, men and children each year, throughout rural, regional and metropolitan Australia. The YWCA's of Australia provide services in youth; childcare; health; housing; emergency accommodation and travel accommodation. | | Author | Community Organisation - YWCA |
| YWCA [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | The YWCA of Australia is a women's membership organisation. In Australia, the YWCA is represented in over 30 locations in all States and Territories, and currently delivers services to more than a quarter of a million women, men and children each year, throughout rural, regional and metropolitan Australia. The YWCA's of Australia provide services in youth; childcare; health; housing; emergency accommodation and travel accommodation. | | Author | Community Organisation - YWCA |
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