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We recently ran a Women for Election Information Session to explain what we do and why we do it. If you missed it, here is a recording. https://youtu.be/KXluuj3S40I Licia is the CEO of Women for Election Australia (WFEA) and ran as an Independent in the high profile...

Article: Event to increase women in politics Article published in The Canberra Times and written by Sally Whyte. When Licia Heath ran as an independent candidate at the Wentworth by-election last year, she had little idea what she was in for. Since that "six week...

Article: Licia Heath: “I wasn’t sure who they were representing, but it definitely wasn’t me.” Article published by Women & Leadership Australia. Licia Heath is the CEO of Women For Election Australia (WFEA). Earlier this year she spoke at the Australian Women's...

Article: Increasing women’s electoral representation – Whose job is it? Article published by Board Agenda and written by Sonia Palmieri. Women in Politics: Australia's low ranking in a number of international measures for gender equality continues to take people by...

Article: Women - your parliament needs you! Article published in Her Canberra and written by Emma Macdonald. Purchase tickets here >>> MARGARET THATCHER ONCE STATED: IF YOU WANT SOMETHING SAID, ASK A MAN: IF YOU WANT SOMETHING DONE ASK A WOMAN. But when it...

The Australian Senate reached an historic milestone recently when it achieved perfect gender balance for the very first time, with 38 spots going to men and 38 spots to women. But unfortunately progress elsewhere has been slow, with the 2019 Federal Election doing...

Today the AGEC launched our Manifesto for Gender Equality, a comprehensive statement of what true gender equality looks like and what is required to achieve it. While covering 12 dimensions of work and life, it importantly identifies the causes of inequality, not just...

Not only in Australia but right around the world’s democracies, the quality of political leadership is as low as I can ever remember it – ranging, with only a handful of exceptions, from the underwhelming to the desolate to the appalling. Gareth Evans looks at what it...

Rwanda Leads World With Share Of Women In National Legislature Women hold 64 percent of seats in the lower house of Rwanda’s national legislature, the largest share of any country. For comparison, only 19 percent of seats in the U.S. House are held by women. There's...

"Black women have historically driven the American political agenda as organizers and as voters. Now, an increasing number are leading the biggest cities in the United States. In 2013, one black woman was mayor of a major U.S. city, but black women today run seven of...

We get the candidates we deserve. I truly get grumpy when people tell me that but it turns out to be true. Excellent article in the SMH by WFEA supporter Jenna Price.

If our most important institutions were more reflective of the population, it’s hard to believe climate denial, racism and sexism would be so readily accepted.    

In the messy lead-up to Canada’s 2019 federal election, there has been one surprisingly hopeful news story: gender equality. Contrary to past cycles, this year, the country’s four main parties have collectively nominated an encouraging number of women.  

Trump facing impeachment, Boris Johnson on the ropes, WeWork's CEO ousted ― is time finally up for bumbling leaders? Could it be that competence matters?  

Today Women for Election Australia took our cause to the halls of Parliament House in Canberra. Our CEO Licia Heath and Jenny Morris our Founder and Chair walked for 10km through the Senate offices meeting and greeting the female Senators and thanking them for being a...

Merit was the key word mentioned when Prime Minister Scott Morrison said those at the NSW State Liberal conference on Saturday should get more women in Parliament. “I want to see more women in our parliament and I want to see the NSW division work with me and my team...

Have you seen this political campaign ad from #ValeriePlame who's running for Congress in New Mexico? Quite the 'story of self'! If you are thinking of running one day, have you worked out how to tell your story? https://www.youtube.com/watch…

Women and men will make up equal numbers in the Australian Senate for the first time with the anticipated arrival of a former Liberal MP. Sarah Henderson was pre-selected for the Senate spot vacated by former minister Mitch Fifield, after losing the Victorian seat of...

Women are not spending as much time working the political circuit as men, which may be limiting women's ability to get ahead in their careers, says Democratic consultant Adrienne Elrod and Republican strategist Susan Del Percio. This article from Know your Value is...

Ruth McGowan is the author of Get Elected, the first national guide on how to run for office.  Ruth shared her practical experience of political campaigning at our program EQUIP on 24th August 2019. Ruth has more than 25 years of experience working in state and local...

Over the weekend in Biarritz, a small seaside town on southwestern France’s Basque coast, two Nobel laureates addressed the G7 leaders, urging them to get rid of discriminatory gender laws that remain in their statute books and enforce equal rights...