Destroyers, Where are all the women of calibre? Well a good number of them will be making up the new Victorian Parliament. So why is it so hard for the Prime Minister to find women for his ministry - not even one for the role of Minister for Women? Why are women filling the chamber in Victoria but are still only knocking at the door of Federal Parlaiment? EMILYs List Australia is a financial and political support network for progressive Labor women candidates, providing financial support, training, mentoring and gender gap research. It didnt begin as an Australian thing but in the US in 1985, founded by Emily Malcolm to raise money to support prochoice Democrat women in the struggle to get elected. In 1996, it took off in Australia, founded by Joan Kirner, the former Victorian premier who knew precisely how hard it was to get support as a woman with political ambitions. Tanja Kovac, the national co-convenor of Emilys List, said: We are very proud that 18 of the lower house candidates endorsed by EMILYs List and up to four of our upper house candidates have been, or are likely, to take their places in the new Victorian Government. This is a record for EMILYs List and will mean that women make up at least 47% of Caucus. dailylife.au/news-and-views/dl-opinion/the-incoming-victorian-state-government-sure-has-a-lot-of-women-of-calibre-20141203-11zext.html Destroyers, given the proven success of models such as Emilys List, why doesnt our Prime Minister adopt some of these strategies if he is serious about involving more women in his party?
Posted on: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 07:39:33 +0000
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