To drive the delivery of the partnership, a robust governance structure has been established involving several representatives across government, industry, academia and community.
Partnership Executive Committee
The Partnership Executive Committee comprises of the Research Partnership’s Consortia Leads and representatives from the Australian Government Office 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 / Jumbunna Institute
- Associate Professor Brendan Churchill (Consortia Lead), University of Melbourne
Research Advisory Board
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 Alison Preston – University of Western Australia
- Professor Gabrielle Meagher – Macquarie University
- Professor Janeen Baxter – University of Queensland
- Distinguished Prof Larissa Behrendt AO – University of Technology Sydney
- Professor Lyndall Strazdins – Australian National University
- Professor Meg Smith – Western Sydney University
- Associate Professor Natasha Cortis – UNSW Sydney
- Emeritus Professor Sara Charlesworth – Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
- Emeritus Professor Siobhan Austen – Curtin University
Industry Steering Committee
The 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:
- Business Council of Australia (BCA)
- Council of Small Business Organisations Australia (COSBOA)
- Chief Executive Women (CEW)
- Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU)
- Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS)
- Working Women’s Centre Australia (WWCA)
- Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA)
Women’s Voices Forum
The Women’s Voices Forum brings diverse women’s lived experiences 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 change. The forum brings together representatives from 26 organisations. Members of the Women’s Voices Forum 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