International Women's Day, Melbourne, 1980 International Women's Day march, Sydney, 1996 Reclaim the Night, Sydney, mid-1990s WEL NSW members displaying posters supporting the campaign for paid maternity leave, International Women's Day 2002 (WEL NSW Office) WEL-WA, Palm Sunday Peace March 1985 Eva Cox, at launch of WEL's 2004 federal election campaign. (WEL history collection, photo Gail Radford)

Fair feminist framework

WEL has developed a Feminist Policy Framework which sets out the values which we use to measure fairness for women and fairness for society. We believe that good policies should address these indicators and work with governments at all levels on achieving better and fairer policy outcomes.

WEL believes that fair policies are those that:

1. Ensure the benefits and outcomes are fairly distributed between women and men, as well as between different groups of women

2. Value and reward fairly people’s different skills, experiences and contributions

3. Recognise the value of caring and supporting roles, whether paid or unpaid

4. Recognise and rectify past and current inequalities and between men and women; and

5. Enhance opportunities for both women and men to take on equal rights and responsibilities in all aspects of society: politics, community, employment and social life