Advice, advocacy and support services for working women – Funding existing working women's centres

Overview

The Advice, advocacy and support services for working women grant program (the program) will run over 5 financial years from 2023-24 to 2027-28. The purpose of this grant opportunity is to provide funding to existing working women’s centres in Queensland, South Australia and the Northern Territory. The program contributes to the achievement of the ‘Department of Employment and Workplace Relations Program 3.1: Workplace Support’, which is part of ‘Outcome 3: Facilitate jobs growth, including secure work, through policies and programs that promote fair, productive and safe workplaces’. The program is part of the Australian Government’s response to the Australian Human Rights Commission’s Respect@Work: National Inquiry into Sexual Harassment in Australian Workplaces Report (Respect@Work Report). This program implements recommendation 49 of the Respect@Work Report. Working women’s centres are not-for-profit organisations that provide a holistic trauma-informed services. This includes free information, advocacy, advice and assistance to women on workplace issues, including workplace entitlements and rights, gender issues, cultural diversity, discrimination and sexual harassment. Working women’s centres are accessible to women from culturally and linguistically diverse communities, women in regional, rural and remote areas, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, women with a disability, women under the age of 25, people who identify as women, and women who are experiencing mental health concerns or family violence.