WAVE’s Submission to the Australian Government’s Gender Economic Equity Study
Women in Adult and Vocational Education (WAVE) is proud to share our submission to the Australian Government’s Jobs and Skills Australia G...
March 13, 2025
WAVE is a national network of women involved in Vocational Education & Training (VET), adult education and the broad field of work-related education and training. WAVE provides seminars & workshops, contributes to the VET and adult education body of knowledge, policy advocacy and advice, as well as networking on an international, national and state basis.
WAVE, under the banner of Network of Women in Further Education (NOW in FE) was formed in 1985, at that time they were the first and only autonomous, national non-government organisation for Australian women involved in the adult, community and vocational education and training sector. WAVE is an Incorporated Association led by a national Executive Committee.
WAVE acknowledges and pays respect to the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we live and work and their elders past and present. We recognise First Nations Australians as the Custodians of these unceded lands and waters and acknowledge that First Nations Australians hold more than 60,000 years of wisdom, connection and caring for country. We are grateful for their contributions to educational, cultural and spiritual practices.
WAVE Calls for Comprehensive Action on Gender Equality in Skills and Training
Women in Adult and Vocational Education (WAVE), as a contributor to the 2024 Beijing +30 NGO Report, fully supports the report, which highli...
November 16, 2024
WAVE Executive Members were pleased to contribute to the NGO report to the 30th review of the Beijing Platform for Action
The report has been presented to the Office for the Status of Women and will be presented to the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on the ...
November 12, 2024
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The Cost of Domestic Violence![]()
A REPORT INTO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND ITS COST TO WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT & EDUCATION![]()
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Dr Anne Summers AO has released a report into domestic violence and its cost to women's employment and education. For the first time, data is used to quantify the financial impact of domestic violence on Australian women. We show that despite the significant growth in women’s employment in recent decades, domestic violence continues to have a large and ongoing negative impact on women’s ability to participate in the workplace. In 2021–22, women who had experienced partner violence or abuse (physical, sexual, emotional, economic) in the last five years were less likely to be employed (76.1 per cent) than women who had never experienced this (81.4 per cent). ![]()
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Downloadable Research Report. Authored by Anne Summers, Paul Ramsay Foundation Fellowship Holder 2021-2022. Published June 2022. Women experiencing domestic violence in Australia today have two choice...