 Marilyn Forsythe  National President

Freda Miriklis 4 th Australian to be International President

 Women’s Empowerment Tool Kit  Cyber Bulling Tool Kit  Parliamentary Friendship Group  Community Partner White Ribbon Foundation

 Second Prize for Advocacy at the Helsinki Congress  Club Competitions with Cash Prizes  Equal Pay Alliance- 150 organisations

 Signatory to the UN Global Compact  Member of the GLOBAL Compact Network Australia  One of two official NGO sponsors

 30% of the National Parliament are women  23% of the Ministry are women  First woman Governor General - Quentin Bryce  First women Prime Minister - Julia Gillard

Women are starting SMEs at 1.5 times the National Average Women owned businesses comprise 46% of the total workforce of Australia

Cultural change and this will only happen as more women penetrate all levels of decision making in local, state and federal governments; and private and not for profit sectors. Aspirational targets are not sufficient without some form of accountability.

One or two senior women is not sufficient to drive cultural change; we know it needs to be at least 30%, and ideally 40%. When decisions that are made take into account the true gender balance of our nation then the whole nation will benefit and we will be seen as equal partners

To engage male champions