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Investing in women and girls: to end homelessness we need a plan #HW2022

Homelessness Week runs from August 1-7 and aims to raise awareness of the causes and impacts of homelessness via national and local events and campaigns. The theme for this year’s...
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Investing in First Nations women and girls #NAIDOC2022

Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up! with First Nations women and girls to amplify their voices and narrow the gap between aspiration and reality, good intentions and outcomes. We encourage funders to set their intention for how their giving impacts First Nations women and girls. Consider supporting the featured initiatives and take action.
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Happy New Financial Year - A great time to set your intention!

Now is the time to set your intention for how your giving impacts women and girls in the new financial year.
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Intentional investing in women

Putting women at the centre of policies and programs in government, philanthropy and across all parts of the community is about fairness but it also delivers for all. The key to this welcome focus, as we have advocated since its inception, is to make intentional investment in women a priority.
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Investing in women and girls on Mother's Day

We encourage funders to look to their end of financial year distributions to consider some of the great initiatives that take the perspectives of mothers and their roles in strengthening society, to deliver greater gender equality.
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Take action on International Women’s Day 2022: Break The Bias and Change The Climate

Now is the Time to Invest in Women and Girls - AIIW News, 2 March 2022
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Warmest wishes to you and your family

The Board and Staff of Australians Investing In Women wish you and your family all the very best for the festive season - AIIW end of year season's greetings 2021
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The State of Gender-wise Giving in Australia survey

Participate in the State of Gender-wise Giving in Australia survey for philanthropists - AIIW research on the impact of philanthropic giving on women and girls.
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Changing The Trajectory: Investing in Women for a Fairer Future

The message is clear: We need focussed investments that strengthen employment and education opportunities for women of all ages, in all their diversity. - AIIW News, 29 November 2021
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Young women’s futures at greatest risk from impact of COVID-19, new research reveals

Media Release, 24 November 2021: A new report has highlighted the disproportionate impact COVID-19 has had on women’s employment, particularly the employment and education opportunities for young women. The report,...
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Gender-wise philanthropy is proving a game changer for gender equality

Media Release: 16 November 2021: In a year when the challenges for women in politics have rarely been out of the headlines, a program which has boosted the number of...
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Sharpening Our Focus on Corporate Giving: Keeping Gender Equality in the Frame

Sharing an important new resource for corporate funders and celebrating the UN's International Day of the Girl. - AIIW News, 11 October 2021
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Time for a sharper focus on gender equality in corporate giving: Champions of Change and AIIW

Media Release: 5 October 2021: Corporate giving could become a powerful lever for accelerating gender equality according to the recommendations in a new resource released today by Champions of Change Coalition and Australians Investing In Women. Sharpening Our Focus on Corporate Giving: Keeping Gender Equality in the Frame...
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Bridging the gap? An analysis of gender pay gap reporting in six countries

The Global Institute for Women’s Leadership at King’s College London and The Fawcett Society offers 10 key recommendations for employers to reduce their gender pay gaps in their new research, Bridging the gap? An analysis of gender pay gap reporting in six countries.
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In Her Words: Breaking Up the Philanthropy ‘Boys Club’

Source: Emma Goldberg, The New York Times, 30 Sep 2021.     This year there has been a surge of charitable giving toward gender equality. Will it stick? “Philanthropy has been...
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Supporting the women and girls of Afghanistan

The shocking news and images from Kabul have many Australians asking how they can help Afghan women and girls - AIIW News, 20 August 2021
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Australians Investing in Women (AIIW) is a leading not-for-profit organisation that advocates for Gender-wise philanthropy.

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