Series 15 - Women's issues


Date Range1975 - 2004
ProvenanceWEL Cairns
Description

Includes :

WEL History Project;
Women's History Month;
'A Wealth of Women'

ArrangedOrder imposed by Archives

Inventory Listing

WEL History Project

Includes a copy of Marian Sawer's talk to the National Library of Australia on 10 March 2004 on Liberal Reformists or Hairy-legged Stalinists? Writing the history of the Women's Electoral Lobby

Creator WEL Cairns
Date range 2002 - 2004
Inventory Identifier WELC00103 Box Number 20 Series 15
Women and the Peace Movement

Includes article by Senator Susan Ryan on Women and Disarmament; the Canberra Movement for Survival; a list of various individuals, groups and organisations supporting the Women for Survival Camp at Pine Gap 1983; and the Anzac Day Parade Protest, Canberra 1981; copy of Peace Studies September 1984

Creator WEL Cairns
Date range 1981 - 1984
Inventory Identifier WELC00291 Box Number 46 Series 15
Miscellaneous items

Contains letter on women's consumer problems

Creator WEL Cairns
Date range 1990
Inventory Identifier WELC00482 Box Number 46 Series 15
Queensland Election 1986

Contains list of women's issues Queensland elections 1986, prepared by Queensland Women's Coalition; questions and responses from local candidates

Creator WEL Cairns
Date range 1986
Inventory Identifier WELC00124 Box Number 14 Series 15
Women's studies

Contains information on courses of women's studies

Creator WEL Cairns
Date range 1992 - 1995
Inventory Identifier WELC00483 Box Number 46 Series 15
Human Rights Commission Community Education Grants

Contains information and application details, with covering letter; brochure

Creator WEL Cairns
Date range 1985
Inventory Identifier WELC00148 Box Number 23 Series 15
Federal election 1989

WEL strategies for the federal election campaign: workshop outcomes

Creator WEL Cairns
Date range 1989
Inventory Identifier WELC00228 Box Number 14 Series 15
Women's business

Contains WEL Cairns publication "Women's business: a conversation how women organise their working lives and children" held at the Cairns Women's Information and Referral Centre, 5/11/1994

Creator WEL Cairns
Date range 1994
Inventory Identifier WELC00646 Box Number 46 Series 15
Women's Federal Election Platform 2004

Contains copy of WEL Australia's "Women's federal election platform 2004"

Creator WEL Cairns
Date range 2004
Inventory Identifier WELC00123 Box Number 14 Series 15
Government achievements for women

This paper lists government action and initiatives on the Status of Women to May 1984

Creator WEL Cairns
Date range 1984
Inventory Identifier WELC00647 Box Number 46 Series 15
Australian Women's History Search - WEL Cairns contribution
A Wealth of Women

In 2000 the Commonwealth Office of the Status of Women decided to compile a book of Australian women's stories to be published in 2001 as part of the celebrations to mark the 100th Anniversary of Federation.

WEL Cairns recommended the inclusion of Pat O'Hara and there is a reference to her in Alison Alexander's 'A WEALTH OF WOMEN'.
Contains letters

Creator WEL Cairns
Date range 2000 - 2001
Inventory Identifier WELC00076 Box Number 20 Series 15
Federal election 1987

Contains WEL's adice to women voters and media release; Labor's policies for women launched by Senator Susan Ryan 26/6/1987

Creator WEL Cairns
Date range 1987
Inventory Identifier WELC00384 Box Number 14 Series 15
Female Genital mutilation

Contains letters; articles; transcripts of radio interviews; information kit

Creator WEL Cairns
Date range 1993 - 1995
Inventory Identifier WELC00293 Box Number 46 Series 15
Women's History Month

Women's History Month started in Australia in 2002.

The main aims of Women's History Month Australia are : raising awareness and providing information on the rich history of women's contribution to the development and future of Australia;
providing a focus for activities which span government, bureaucracy, academia and community sectors;
engendering an understanding of the continuum of the historic struggle for women's rights and to provide role models for Australian women; and
developing electronic material which documents women's history.
Contains letters; flyer promoting Women's History Month

Creator WEL Cairns
Date range 2002 - 2004
Inventory Identifier WELC00077 Box Number 20 Series 15
Women and arts project

Women and arts project was a joint initiative of the Women's Advisory Council and the Cultural Grants Advisory Council to the Premier of New South Wales
Contains Women and arts festival bulletin No. 1; 2

Creator WEL Cairns
Date range 1981 - 1982
Inventory Identifier WELC00476 Box Number 46 Series 15
Women living in isolation in rural areas

Contains articles; news release; letters

Creator WEL Cairns
Date range 1984 - 1999
Inventory Identifier WELC00477 Box Number 46 Series 15
Women's suffrage

Contains letter; article; brochure for 1993 the Centennial of Women's suffrage

Creator WEL Cairns
Date range 1993 - 2005
Inventory Identifier WELC00478 Box Number 46 Series 15
Women celebrate 88 Australian bicentenary

Contains media release; application form for Bicentennial Women's Program Grants to National Organisations

Creator WEL Cairns
Date range 1987 - 1988
Inventory Identifier WELC00479 Box Number 46 Series 15
A social and economic profile of women in Queensland 1999

Contains copy of profile at a glance; letters

Creator WEL Cairns
Date range 1999
Inventory Identifier WELC00480 Box Number 46 Series 15
Towards a feminine manifesto

Contains hand written notes and copy of document

Creator WEL Cairns
Inventory Identifier WELC00481 Box Number 46 Series 15

Published by the James Cook University Library, December 2007
Listed by Alan Cockerill
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