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Working Women's Centre NSW

The NSW Government is investing $8 million over the next four years in a Working Women's Centre in NSW.

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Background

The NSW Government is funding Women’s Legal Service NSW to operate the Working Women’s Centre NSW.

The Centre delivers legal, education and advocacy services across the state to support working women in metro, regional, rural and remote communities. It assists women to access gender-specific, trauma-informed services and assist them with free, confidential legal support to help navigate work-related issues, including discrimination, sexual harassment, underpayment, wage theft and parental leave.

The Centre also provides trauma-informed training programs for businesses and industries to promote safe and supportive workplaces, and provide access to trauma-informed educational workshops for a diverse range of working women to increase awareness of their rights and services.

On 24 September 2024, the NSW Government approved two separate grant rounds for the NSW Working Women’s Centre grant program:

  • Part A – a closed, one-off grant round open to Women’s Legal Service NSW for providing support to working women
  • Part B – an open, competitive grant to deliver the education and training component

Part A and Part B of the grant program opened on 3 February 2025 and closed on 24 February 2025. For both parts, Women’s Legal Service NSW was successful and will receive $8 million over 4 years.

The Working Women’s Centre NSW also receives funding from the Commonwealth Government’s $32 million national commitment to establish a working women’s centre in each state.

For more information on the Working Women’s Centre NSW and contact details please visit:

 Working Women's Centre NSW - Women's Legal Service NSW

Purpose

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Provide holistic, trauma-inforced and accessible services and supports for working women.

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Provide workplace training to assist employers to create safe workplaces.

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Drive industry, sector and occupation-specific advocacy.

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Co-ordinate collaborative efforts with related servcies and organisations.

Target cohorts

The NSW Government is particularly focused on making sure the funding improves outcomes for working women who experience greater, or multiple forms of, disadvantage and/or discrimination. This includes:

  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women
  • Women with disability
  • LGBTQIA+ women
  • Young women
  • Women from culturally and linguistically diverse communities
  • Women living in regional, rural, and remote NSW.
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