The Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA) is an Australian
government
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In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...
agency. It is a
statutory authority
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located within the portfolio of the Australian Commonwealth
(FaHCSIA).
EOWA’s role is to administer the
which was passed by the Federal Parliament in November 2012, and through education, assist organisations to achieve equal opportunity for women. Outlined in Part III Section 10 of the Act, the Agency is primarily a regulatory body, whose role is to annually monitor the reporting of eligible Australian organisations on equal opportunity for women in their workplaces. The Agency also has responsibility to undertake research, educational and other programs, and more generally promote the understanding of equal opportunity for women in the workplace within the community.
In 2012, the ''Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Act 1999'' was replaced by th
Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012 The passing of the new legislation means the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency has now been renamed the
Workplace Gender Equality Agency
The Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) is an Australian Government statutory agency responsible for promoting and improving gender equality in Australian workplaces. The agency was created by the ''Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012'' and ...
.
The Employer of Choice for Women (EOCFW) citation is announced annually since the 2001 inaugural list of 55 organisations. , the list had grown to 125 organisations.
Personnel
From 1999 to 2004,
Fiona Krautil
Fiona Lea Krautil (born 20 February 1956) is an Australian specialist in inclusion, diversity and equal opportunity in the workplace.
Biography
From 1999 to 2004 Krautil was director of the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency ...
was the agency's director.
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Gender equality
Employment in Australia
Equal employment opportunity