WEL receives funding from the City of Sydney for UNSEEN, a multi-media project sharing
the hidden experiences of women’s homelessness

WEL is excited to announce that we have received funding of $50,000 from the City of Sydney for UNSEEN, an exciting first-person story telling art project to increase awareness of women’s homelessness.

The project is funded through the City’s CBD Activation Grants program and other philanthropic contributions, including a contribution directly from WEL, and is a collaboration with internationally recognised human rights artist Belinda Mason of Blur Projects.

Since 2000, Belinda has conceptualised, produced and presented high quality socio-cultural multimedia projects for national and international audiences which focus on the topics of sexuality, disability, identity and violence.

The UNSEEN project will bring photographic and video story-telling, performance, writing, art making and other activities to the city for one week of each month from March to December 2021, starting in the week of International Women’s Day. UNSEEN will highlight the issues of homelessness among women of all ages, including the factors that lead to women’s homelessness, including poverty, domestic and other violence, discrimination and other disadvantage.

The first UNSEEN event will be in the city in March, to coincide with International Women’s Day. More details about this and subsequent UNSEEN events will be provided about in future newsletters and on WEL’s website.

Women Ageing Well

This year we are planning to expand WEL’s Women Ageing Well campaign, which advocates for better responses from governments to the exacerbated economic and social inequality that women of all ages have experienced both as over our lifetimes and during COVID-19, and the direct impact this has on women’s short and long-term housing security.

We will provide more information on the expanded campaign in future months. UNSEEN project represents the diversity of women’s experiences of homelessness at the heart of the Women Ageing Well campaign. It will connect communities and decision makers to the realities of women’s housing insecurity and homelessness, and support the broader advocacy and campaigning for the necessary systemic and social change needed by government for women of all ages.

Support the campaign today – donate here

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MEDIA STATEMENT

18th September

Parliamentary Inquiry will not increase safety for women and children

WEL Australia is very concerned that the Government has placed another dangerous obstacle in the path of immediate reform of the family law system with this further Inquiry.

“The Prime Minister is right about the miseries caused by marriage breakdown. But sadder still is the fact that those women and children who courageously leave a violent relationship end up in a system where, in practice, a parent who is violent to their partner can be considered a bad partner, but a good parent,” said Cat Gander, Convenor for WEL’s Ending Violence Against Women’s group.

 “What has happened to the sixty recommendations of the Australian Law Reform Commission’s report and the previous Parliamentary inquiry? Is the Prime Minister hoping for different solutions from this Inquiry?” asked Ms Gander.  

“There is surely enough evidence and testimony now to warrant reform,” said Ms Gander.

MEDIA STATEMENT

Women’s Electoral Lobby stands with reporter Ashleigh Raper

SYDNEY 8 November 2018 - The Women’s Electoral Lobby (WEL) NSW WEL NSW condemns NSW Labor Leader Luke Foley’s alleged assault and attack of ABC reporter Ashleigh Raper.

It is with great sadness that we share the passing of long-time WEL member, Judy Hill. Judy joined WEL in its founding year 1972 and was a very active member for many years. 

You are invited to join family and friends of Judy's at a celebration of a life shared with friends.

Sunday September 9th, 2018 11am - 1pm

Older Women's Network NSW

8-10 Victoria Street, Newtown 2042

Treasurer Scott Morrison has delivered his third Federal Budget for Australia. Here is some more information about the Budget, and what it means for women.

Nicole Kidman Pays Tribute to WEL

Screen icon, Nicole Kidman is one of TIME's 100 Most Influential People 2018.

In her video for TIME, Nicole pays tribute to the Women's Electoral Lobby. The video has over 600,000 views on Nicole's Instagram. How fabulous to see WEL's name out there!