ERA’s Young Women’s Advisory Group has been involved in the NSW consultation on the draft PDHPE syllabus. As part of this consultation, YWAG has made a submission outlining feedback and recommendations based on their Let’s Talk: Young Women’s Views on Sex Education research.
YWCA Australia prepared the following as Shadow Reports to the Australian Government’s eighth periodic report on the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). 2014 CEDAW Shadow Report – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Parallel Report 2014 CEDAW Shadow Report
ERA’s Young Women’s Advisory Group (YWAG) made this submission to the UN Special Rapportuer on Violence Against Women, Dubravka Simonovic, prior to her February 2017 visit to Australia.
Our 2017-18 Pre-Budget submission outlines ways forward to improve affordable housing for women in Australia.
Let’s Talk is a survey led by and for young women on sexuality and respectful relationships education.
The National Women’s Alliances have made the following submissions to the Australian Government on negotiation priorities for the 61st Commission on the Status of Women. National Women’s Alliances Submission on Australia’s Priorities for the Emerging Issue/Focus Area -The Empowerment of Indigenous Women National Women’s Alliances Submission re Australia’s Position on the Priority Theme – Women’s […]
A Whole Generation out of Date: Young People’s Stories of Sex Education is a report detailing the results of focus group discussions that were conducted with young people as part of the ERA Young Women’s Advisory Group project Let’s Talk: Young Women’s Views on Sex Education.
The absence of gender responsive budgeting and a women’s budget statement continues to conceal the impact of Budget decisions on women…
Gender equality and women’s rights are essential to the realisation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We recommend that Australia advocate in all forums for a strong position on the role of gender equality and women’s empowerment in the SDGs process, both in both goal five and throughout all of the SDGs, regardless of whether gender is mentioned […]
ERA is deeply concerned by the December DSS Housing and Homelessness funding decision which has resulted in the defunding of the three peak housing and homelessness bodies…
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