Media Releases
2025
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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…
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YWCA Canberra Applauds Decision to Exempt Public Housing from ACAT Appeals
YWCA Canberra welcomes the announcement today by Planning Minister Chris Steel to exempt public housing from third party appeals in the ACT’s administrative tribunal. This reform will fast-track housing delivery and help move more people off the public housing waitlist. Since 2019, 20 public housing proposals have been held up at the Tribunal. Nearly all of…
2024
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YWCA Canberra Announces Positive Gender Pay Gap Result
YWCA Canberra is a leading provider in the community services sector with over 400 staff. We are proud to once again be awarded the Employer of Choice for Gender Equality (EOCGE) by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). YWCA Canberra has held this citation continuously since 2014. The positive gender pay gap at YWCA Canberra…
2023
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2022
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2021
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2020
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2019
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