The Partnership Executive Committee comprises of the Research Partnership’s Consortia Leads and representatives from the Australian Government Office’s for Women. The committee provides a forum for strategic planning, research design and implementation, evidence dissemination and communication, and reporting.

• Clancie Hall (Chair), Assistant Secretary, Gender Equality Systems and Partnerships, Office for Women, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
• Padma Raman PSM, Executive Director of the Office for Women, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
• Megan Leahy, First Assistant Secretary, Office for Women, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
• Professor Rae Cooper AO (Consortia Lead), University of Sydney
• Professor Elizabeth Hill (Consortia Lead), University of Sydney
• Professor Nareen Young (Consortia Lead), UTS Centre for Indigenous People and Work
• Associate Professor Brendan Churchill (Consortia Lead), University of Melbourne

Comprised of a select group of leading national academics across disciplines, the Research Advisory Board offers technical advice on the research design, development and dissemination.

• Professor Marian Baird AO (Chair), University of Sydney
• Professor Emerita Siobhan Austen, Curtin University
• Professor Janeen Baxter, University of Queensland
• Distinguished Prof Larissa Behrendt AO, University of Technology Sydney
• Professor Emerita Sara Charlesworth, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
• Associate Professor Natasha Cortis, UNSW Sydney
• Professor Emerita Gabrielle Meagher, Macquarie University
• Professor Alison Preston, University of Western Australia
• Professor Meg Smith, Western Sydney University
• Professor Lyndall Strazdins, Australian National University

Our Industry Steering Committee brings together representatives across industry to share knowledge and expertise to inform collaborative decision-making and strategic insights and planning. Members of the Industry Steering Committee include:

• Lisa Annese, CEO, Chief Executive Women
• Bran Black, CEO, Business Council of Australia
• Abbey Kendall, CEO, Working Women’s Centre Australia
• Michele O’Neil, President, Australian Council of Trade Unions
• Jacqueline Phillips, Executive Director of Policy and Research, Australian Council of Social Service
• Adele Sutton, Head of Policy and Advocacy, Council of Small Business Organisations Australia
• Hon. Mary Woolridge, CEO, Workplace Gender Equality Agency

The Women’s Voices Forum brings together the lived experiences of women to the heart of the Working for Women Research Partnership. By informing collaborative decision-making, strategic planning and evidence development, the Forum helps ensure our research drives real and meaningful change. The forum brings together representatives from 26 organisations. Members include:

• ACON
• Asian Women at Work
• Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU)
• Australian Multicultural Women’s Alliance (AMWA)
• Australian Services Union (ASU)
• Carers NSW
• Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU)
• Council of the Ageing (COTA)
• Equality Australia
• Health Services Union (HSU)
• Independent Education Union of Australia (IEU)
• Ladies Talk Money
• National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women’s Alliance (NATSIWA)
• National Older Women’s Network (NOWN)
• National Rural Women’s Coalition (NRWC)
• National Union of Students (NUS)
• Settlement Services International (SSI)
• Singlehood Australia
• Single Mother Families Australia
• Women in Adult Vocational Education (WAVe)
• Women in Male Dominated Occupations and Industries (WIMDOI)
• Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA)
• Women’s and Girls’ Emergency Centre (WAGEC)
• Working Women’s Centre NSW
• Working with Women Alliance (WwWA)
• Young Workers Centre