Media Releases
2025
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Safer Families Assistance Payment Restored – Urgent Funding Boost Needed at Next ACT Budget
YWCA Canberra welcomes the reinstatement of the Safer Families Assistance payment. For the second year in a row, this funding was exhausted within 6 months of commencement, leaving people who were leaving violence without a critical $2000 safety net. Along with other frontline sector services, YWCA Canberra advocated to the Minister for the Prevention of…
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YWCA Canberra Marches Forward with a Negative Gender Pay Gap
According to the latest Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) Employer Gender Pay Gaps Data, released via the Data Explorer, YWCA Canberra continues to lead the way in workplace gender equity. Our median gender pay gap stands at -13.1%, reflecting an improvement from 2022-2023 and significantly outpacing national trends. “The latest data reveals that while the…
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Safer Places Assistance Program Funding Ends
YWCA Canberra is disappointed that the Safer Families Assistance Package, administered by ACT Housing, has again been exhausted within months of the start of the Financial Year. This is a vital payment that provided $2000 in cash to help people leave violence. And crucially one that included survivors of family violence, such as violence between…
2024
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If Not Now, When? YWCA Canberra supports the criminalisation of coercive control in the ACT.
YWCA Canberra welcomes the announcement by the Canberra Liberals to present a Bill to criminalise coercive control in the ACT. The proposed legislative reform follows the 2023 review of 12 domestic and family violence homicides in the ACT between 2000 and 2022. This review found that coercive controlling behaviours were present in nearly all cases…
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Empowering Women: YWCA Canberra’s Great Ydeas Small Grant Awards Recognise Four Outstanding Recipients
[Canberra, 18 April 2024] – YWCA Canberra proudly announces the recipients of the Great Ydeas Small Grant Awards, a testament to innovation and empowerment in supporting women’s causes. Four remarkable women this year have been honoured for their visionary ideas aimed at advancing the rights and opportunities of women in our community. The awards ceremony,…
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WGEA to Require Employers’ Response to New Questions on Workplace Sexual Harassment Prevention Efforts, Effective April 1, 2024
When WGEA (Workplace Gender Equality Agency) published the Gender Pay Gap results on 27 February, results displayed only 22% of CEOs are women, and 37% are in key management positions. Women make up 51% of the total workforce.
2023
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2022
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2021
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2020
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YWCA Canberra Continues to be Recognised as Employer of Choice
YWCA Canberra has been recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) for the sixth successive year. Chief Executive Officer, Frances Crimmins, said the citation program sends a strong message to employers from all sectors about the importance of equal opportunity and equal pay for all staff, regardless of…
2019
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