Released 27/06/2018
Today I released the first report on how the ACT Women’s Plan is improving the status of women and girls in the ACT after a successful first year of delivery.
The ACT Women’s Plan is a crucial step in achieving the full and equal participation of women and girls in all aspects of our community. The ACT Government’s ongoing commitment to advancing the status of women at work and in our community is also bolstered through an additional $696,000 in the 2018 budget to implement actions under the ACT Women’s Plan and to promote gender equality more broadly.
The First Action Plan 2017-19 is a three-year plan containing 100 actions in the areas of health and wellbeing, and physical and mental health.
Of the 44 actions allocated for the 2017-18 year, over 95 per cent have been completed or are underway. Work will continue to deliver the remaining actions over the coming months. Work is also underway on actions from year two of the First Action Plan, with around a quarter of the 56 actions already underway.
Some key highlights from year one of the First Action Plan 2017-19:
- A comprehensive package to support the participation and inclusion of women and girls in sport including $100,000 over four years through Her Canberra Active – an online portal connecting a large network of Canberra women and girls to articles related to sport and physical activity, event information and a directory of activity opportunities.
- Female friendly infrastructure guidelines have now been finalised to support the development of new, and modification of existing, sporting facilities to better support the needs of female participants.
- The ACT Office for Women has also delivered two gender equity forums which engage with women, community organisations and business representatives to provide an opportunity for women’s voices to be heard.
- The launch of the ACT Diversity Register – an online platform which will provide greater opportunities for women and diverse members of the Canberra community to apply for available board and committee positions and a suite of training and networking opportunities.
- A Women in Trades Grants Program has been established to boost opportunities for women and girls in non-traditional trades – approximately $500,000 will be made available in grants on a competitive basis over three years.
- The first stage in the investigation of procurement practices to promote gender equality has occurred with year 2 to consider how best to implement change.
- Greater promotion of the women’s safety audits at ACT Government run events.
- The establishment of a ‘Gender Equity and Education’ advisory group to research the extent to which gender perception in schools impacts on the wellbeing of female students.
Further details can be found in the attached highlights document and the full progress report is available at www.women.act.gov.au.
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