Media Releases

29 August 2008
Home alone

Parents with children aged between 5 and 15 years of age have problems in fitting their work and other commitments around their child caring responsibilities, a national survey has shown.

25 July 2008
25 years since CEDAW – still no paid maternity leave

While celebrating 25 years since Australia ratified the United Nations' Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), NFAW still sees the need for greater efforts to eliminate gender discrimination.

15 July 2008
Paid maternity leave good for women's careers

Based on Australia's experiences with maternity leave, NFAW rebuts recent UK media reports saying that paid maternity leave adversely impacts women's careers.

8 July 2008
NGOs collaborate on Sex Discrimination Inquiry

The National Foundation for Australian Women welcomes the Inquiry into the effectiveness of the Commonwealth Sex Discrimination Act announced by the Government in June this year, and is collaborating with the Combined Community Legal Centres Group in order to provide resources that will help women's organisations make informed submissions to the Review.