{"id":22978,"date":"2023-09-19T07:50:58","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T07:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=22978"},"modified":"2023-09-19T07:50:58","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T07:50:58","slug":"creating-a-gender-equal-society-for-a-stronger-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2023\/09\/19\/creating-a-gender-equal-society-for-a-stronger-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating a gender equal society for a stronger economy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Minns Labor Government\u2019s first Budget lays a foundation for a better and more secure future for women and girls in NSW.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By removing barriers that prevent women from realising their full potential we are paving the way for a more resilient economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We cannot take a siloed approach to address the various challenges women in NSW face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2023-24 Budget takes a holistic view \u2013 from creating economic opportunities through participation and empowerment, to providing essential healthcare and appropriate support services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Women\u2019s health and wellbeing:<\/strong><br><br>The NSW Government is increasing women\u2019s access to healthcare with over $100 million to support new essential services including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>$18.6 million for 29 new and eight existing McGrath Foundation breast cancer nurses.<\/li><li>$34.3 million boost in support for 20 Women\u2019s Health Centres providing health and mental health services for women.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>$52.7 million for 48 new Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners and medical and forensic officers to fill critical gaps in healthcare services for victims of sexual assaults across New South Wales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Responding to family and domestic violence:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>$13 million to expand access to the Shared Equity Home Buyer Helper trial to include domestic and family violence victim-survivors.<\/li><li>Continued provision of free ambulance services for victims of sexual assault, domestic violence or child abuse.<\/li><li>Private Rental assistance through Rent Choice, Advance Rent, Bond Loan and other programs to help eligible persons, including those escaping domestic violence, set up and maintain a tenancy in the private rental market.<\/li><li>$4.4 million over 3 years, to establish a new specialist multicultural domestic and family violence centre in southwest Sydney which will be able to help over 4000 refugee and migrant women a year access services that are culturally responsive. To ensure sustainable results, the centre will also work with multicultural communities on primary prevention.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Improving gender equality:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>$13.8 million to improve Women\u2019s participation and empowerment in the workforce through a Working Women\u2019s Centre and a Future Women\u2019s Jobs Academy.<\/li><li>$30 million for the Level the Playing Field Facilities Fund for new and upgraded facilities to empower women to participate in sport.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200b\u200b<br>The Minns Labor Government is the first government in NSW with a Cabinet comprised of 50% women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to these commitments, the Budget has also delivered major commitments for female dominated sectors like health and early childhood education and care programs that support gender equality outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Minns Labor Government is setting out a long-term plan to repair the budget so we can deliver essential services for women and progress gender equality across our State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minns Labor Government\u2019s first Budget lays a foundation for a better and more secure future for women and girls in NSW.&nbsp; By removing barriers that prevent women from realising their full potential we are paving the way for a more resilient economy. We cannot take a siloed approach to address the various challenges women &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2023\/09\/19\/creating-a-gender-equal-society-for-a-stronger-economy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Creating a gender equal society for a stronger economy&#8221;<\/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-22978","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\/22978","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=22978"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22979,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22978\/revisions\/22979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}