Michael Daley and Labor will set a target of 50 per cent of new appointments to government boards and committees to be women as part of a raft of policies to help women in the workplace.
\nMichael Daley and Labor will set a target of 50 per cent of new appointments to government boards and committees to be women as part of a raft of policies to help women in the workplace.
\nLabor also announced an innovative health screening and outreach program to improve early detection of breast cancer, heart disease and other serious health conditions in Women\u2019s Health Centres.
\nThe two measures form part of a comprehensive plan launched today by Mr Daley, on International Women\u2019s Day. Mr Daley was joined at the launch by the Shadow Minister for Women, Sophie Cotsis, and Shadow Minister for the Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, Jenny Aitchison who has been acting in the role as Shadow Minister for Women; both women have recently suffered the effects of breast cancer.
\nLabor\u2019s Support for Women package will also set a target of 50 per cent of the state\u2019s public sector workforce to be women by 2024.
\nThe targets form part of a bold plan to promote gender equity, and include moving the Office for Women into the Premier\u2019s Department, establishing a Premier\u2019s Council for Women to advise government and publishing an annual Women\u2019s Budget Statement to report back on progress.
\nMr Daley said: \u201cThe Labor Party has led the way on women\u2019s rights and we will continue to do more to make sure women are supported every step of the way in society.
\n\u201cWhether it\u2019s early detection of breast cancer, making sure women are treated fairly in the workforce, ensuring equitable funding for women\u2019s sport, providing educational opportunities or helping victims-survivors of violence, Labor will be there for women.\u201d
\nNew money announced in the package includes:<\/p>\n
This is in addition to recently released packages across a variety of portfolios that have a positive benefit on the participation of women, including:<\/p>\n
Labor has a strong record in the representation of women in Parliament; 37 per cent of MPs in the State Parliament are female and 48 per cent of candidates for the forthcoming election are women. Michael Daley and Labor will set a target of 50 per cent of new appointments to government boards and committees to be women as part of a raft of policies to help women in the workplace. Michael Daley and Labor will set a target of 50 per cent of new appointments to government boards and … Continue reading “Daley announces Labor's comprehensive women's policy for NSW”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1806\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nMs Aitchison said:\u00a0\u201c<\/em>Labor believes that women should always be represented at the decision making table \u2013 in board rooms, in Parliament, in workplaces, on the sports field and in communities.
\n\u201cLabor\u2019s plan to support women covers the breadth of women\u2019s everyday lives in health, education, employment, small business, the arts, heritage, sports, government and in the community. We will work to ensure women are safe from domestic, family and sexual violence.\u201d
\nMs Cotsis said:\u00a0\u201c<\/em>Only Labor can truly deliver equality for women, because only Labor has a plan to ensure they are represented equally in our decision making and leadership positions, and that all Government agencies are accountable for delivering for women.\u201d
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