Welcome to Graduate Women Victoria.
Our goal is to serve and empower women through education and advocacy locally, nationally and internationally.
Nationally we work through the Australian Federation of Graduate Women.
Globally we are part of Graduate Women International.
See our advocacy page for recent action on these fronts.
Breaking News
WELCOME to Erica Jolly, who has just joined us from South Australia. Here is a brief introduction to her life and work. And here is a thought-provoking piece she has written on the need for the educational policy STEM (promoting Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) to be translated into STEAM (promoting Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics).
CONGRATULATIONS to Sheila Byard who was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for service to women on 13th June 2016. Sheila is a new member of Graduate Women Victoria, but a long-time mover and shaker within the Australian women's movement. We are delighted to welcome her to our organisation.
Our international organisation, Graduate Women International, announced on June 13th that GWI has been chosen by the Brookings Institute to serve as the secretariat for a global network of people identified as champions of girls' education, supported by advocates such as Michelle Obama and Sophie Trudeau. For more information about this prestigious and significant intervention, see here.
If you are a recent graduate wondering what to do with a degree which doesn't seem to lead to anything interesting, see the short biography posted on our New Members page by Kerry Bennett. You will be inspired to think more broadly.
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