Gender Equality,
where do you stand?
It’s not a new concept, women have had the vote in Australia for over 100 years, yet gender equality is still a long way off, we need to band together to put gender policies at the forefront of political action.
We’re talking about using your voice and vote to help give our nation a better fighting chance at achieving gender equality.
What is the purpose of She Votes?
The purpose of She Votes is to improve gender equality in Australia using the power of democracy. Because we believe that ‘Women’s* issues’ are everyone’s issues.
*A person who identifies as female.
What’s the end goal?
Fighting for gender equality is an ongoing endeavour, but for now, we’re aiming to:
- Make achieving gender equality the priority issue of the next election.
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Encourage all political parties to:
Develop fully-fledged gender policies across key priority areas for women.
Make implementing these gender policies and providing the associated funding core election promises. - Provide a place for women and their allies to assess political promises and gender policies to inform their vote.
Why Should I Help?
The last 18 months has been a challenging year for women in Australia.
- Women were disproportionately hit by the economic disruption brought by COVID-19.
- Women bore the brunt of the additional caring responsibilities associated with lockdowns as many simultaneously continued to juggle work.
- Domestic violence intensified in many households due to COVID-19 and 55 women were killed in 2020.
- Women were reminded that many workplaces are not safe with high profile sexual assault claims from Parliament and sexual harassment in Corporate Australia filling newspapers in 2020.
Plus we are going backwards.
In 2021, Australia was ranked 50 out of 156 countries. In the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index.
In 2006, we were ranked number 15.
These are confronting statistics. But that’s why we are here.
To instigate conversation, create action and real change.
Stronger together:
We need your help.
Think one person can't help? Think again.
The language politicians understand more than any other is votes. So how do we tell politicians we are voting based on their Gender Equality policies?
Sign
the petition to say you will vote based on a political party’s policies and associated funding to bring about greater gender equality
Sign hereyour local member including the word “She Votes” in the subject line to let them know you will be voting based on gender equality issues
Email memberRead
some of the great third-party research and thought leadership that exists on key gender equality. Some even includes costed recommendations
Read moreCheck
back in on the site regularly to see who to vote for. We will regularly update this site as political parties articulate their gender equality promises
Get updates
Here’s the thing ...
We’re not going to tell you how to vote or think.
- There is more than one way to achieve gender equality. Different people will place varying levels of importance on different focus areas.
- We will share with you the policies from all major political parties, and the associated funding earmarked for achieving those policies, all in one place.
- From there, read and educate yourself and go vote however achieves the gender outcomes most important to you.
