Every three years BPWA members come together at a National Conference to discuss the issues affecting women in our community, and resolutions are passed for action by the BPWA Council.

A list of those resolutions from the last three Conferences 2000, 2002 and 2004 can be viewed here

BPW Australia has collated a list of popular and useful web sites relating to women in business.
Please email any links that you believe may be useful for this section to bpwaust@bpw.com.au

	Web Link
	Office of the Status of Women - www.osw.dpmc.gov.au The Australian Government Office of the Status of Women has a number of roles, such as providing high level (policy and other) advice to the Prime Minister and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women
	Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace - www.eeo.gov.au/ EOWA is a statutory authority located within the portfolio of the Australian Commonwealth Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR).
	Government Services for Women - www.women.gov.au/ Also known as the Women’s Portal, this site aims to improve access to government information and services by providing a single website from which these online resources can be searched and accessed
	United Nations Works for Women - www.un.org/works/women The United Nations helps millions of people around the world in ways you never imagined. This site features the stories of men, women and children who have benefited from the UN's work.
	WIRE Women's Information Victoria Australia - www.wire.org.au/ WIRE - This is a free information, support and referral service available to all Victorian women. WIRE is a service that women - all women - can access when they want options, reliable information and another sensitive and supportive woman to talk to
	Business Entry Point - www.business.gov.au The Business Entry Point web site is a government initiative aimed at providing reference material for Australian businesses.
	Department of Employment and Workpace Relations - www.dewr.gov.au/ The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) is a dynamic, innovative and customer-focused organisation that contributes to strong employment growth and the improved productive performance of enterprises in Australia.

	MicroNavigator MicroNavigator is micro business accreditaion process that assesses the strategies and procedures a business has in place to enable it to be successful.
	WIMBN Women in Mortgage Broking Network The Women in Mortgage Broking Network is a not-for profit professional development network that provides a unique and friendly environment for all females working within the Mortgage Broking and wider Financial Services industry.
	WWDA Women with Disabilites Australia Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA) is the peak organisation for women with all types of disabilities in Australia.
	VWT Victorian Women's Trust The Victorian Women's Trust is dedicated to improving the status of all Victorian women. It is a philanthropist. It is an advocate. It is completely independent from government.
	Voice, Interests and Education of Women (VIEW) VIEW is a unique Australian organisation established by The Smith Family in 1960 to promote the Voice, Interests and Education of Women.
	NFAW National Foundation of Australia Women The NFAW aims to advance and protect the interests of Australian women and to ensure the aims, ideals and the collective wisdom of the women's movement are handed on to new generations of women.
	KWMB Koori Women Mean Business To enhance the status of Koorie women by fostering personal well-being and economic independence through building their capabilities as businesswomen, and ensuring they are able to operate successfully as individuals and businesses.
	APESMA Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers Australia Approximately 3,000 professional women across Australia are currently part of the APESMA Professional Women's Network. Members are drawn from many professions,with professional engineers,scientists,pharmacists,managers,architects & IT professionals.
	NAWIC National Association of Women in Construction The National Association of Women in Construction's (NAWIC) mission: to promote and improve the construction industry by the advancement of women within it
	VIEWC Victorian Immigrant and Refugee Women's Council
	WAVE Women in Adult and Vocationa Education (WAVE) Our members come from higher education, vocational education (VET), and adult education in the community (ACE). We are students, teachers, coordinators, administrators, public servants, politicians and academics.
	AWE Association of Women Educators AWE is an association committed to the full participation of women and girls in education.
	CPA Certified Practicing Accountants CPA Australia is Australia's largest professional organisation with more than 79,000 members located in Australia, 8,400 in Hong Kong, 7,700 in Malaysia, 4,900 in Singapore and about 3,000 elsewhere overseas (totalling more than 102,000).
	AFUW Australian Federation of University Women AFUW is the voice of graduate women promoting the advancement of women worldwide and their equality of opportunity through initiatives in education, friendship and peace.
	Security 4 Women Security 4 Women is a consortium of like minded organisations undertalink research within the thematic issue of Lifelong Economic Wellbeing for Women. BPW partners with a growing number of organisations in S4W.
	Council of Small Business Organisations of Australia COBOA-The Council of Small Business Organisations of Australia is widely recognised as the peak body of small business organisations, industry groups and individual firms in Australia. BPW is a member organisation.
	ACT Chamber of Women in Business The ACT Chamber of Women in Business is an organisation formed to provide support and development opportunities for business women in the Canberra region and is member of BPW.

Links

BPWA continues to conduct research into those issues which affect working women, and women in our community. As part of that process we are active in researching the internet and discovering websites of interest. Some are listed:

Government Links

Government Offices for Women

            Commonwealth Office for Women – www.ofw.facsia.gov.au  

            Department for women, NSW – www.women.nsw.gov.au

            Office of Women’s Policy, Victoria – www.women.vic.gov.au

            Office for Women, Qld – www.qldwoman.qld.gov.au

            Women’s Policy Office, WA – www.community.wa.gov.au/communities/women

            Office for Women, SA – www.osw.sa.gov.au

            Office of Women’s Policy, NT – www.owp.nt.gov.au

            Women Tasmania, TAS – www.women.tas.gov.au

            Office for Women, ACT – www.women.act.gov.au

Equal Opportunity Commission

            Victoria – www.eoc.vic.gov.au

            WA       - www.equalopportunity.wa.gov.au

            SA        - www.eoc.sa.gov.au

Window on Women – www.windowonwomen.gov.au                       

Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission – www.hreoc.gov.au      

Equal Opportunity in the Workplace Agency – www.eowa.gov.au       

Department of Workplace Relations and & Small Business – www.workplace.gov.au/WorkFamily           

Other Women’s Organisations

Women’s Secretariats

            Security4Women - www.security4women.com

Womenspeak                              - www.ywca.org.au/projects/womenspeak/

National Rural Women’s Coalition - www.ruralwomen.org.au

Australian Women’s Coalition       -           www.afmw.org.au/projects/p70awc_about.htm

Members of S4W Secretariat

            Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers Australia (APESMA) www.apesma.asn.au/women/

Association of Women Educators (AWE)                 link to   www.awe.asn.au

Australian Federation of University Women (AFUW)             www.afuw.org.au           

National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC)     www.nawic.com.au

National Foundation of Australian Women (NFAW)              www.nfaw.org

VIEW Clubs of Australia (Voice, Interests, Education of Women)www.smithfamily.com.au        

Women in Adult and Vocational Education (WAVE)

Women with Disabilities Australia (WWDA)                        www.wwda.org.au

Women in Mortgage Broking Network (WIBNA)                  www.wimbn.com.au

Queensland Working Women’s Centre                                 www.qwws.org.au

South Australian Working Women’s Centre                         www.wwc.org.au

Northern Territory Working Women’s Centre                        www.wwc.org.au

Tasmanian Working Women’s Centre                                  www.wwc.org.au

Other Women’s Organisations

            Australian Women in Agriculture               www.awia.org.au

            Women’s Electoral Lobby                         www.wel.org.au

Business Links

            COSBOA                                              www.cosboa.org

            Smart Small Business                              www.smartsmallbusiness.qld.gov.au                      Useful Small Business Links www.smartsmallbusiness.qld.gov.au/dsdweb/v3/guis/templates/content/gui_cue_menu_ssb.cfm?id=14340