5 March 2024
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Dr Kate
Laing
Politics and Public Administration
This Quick Guide provides links to key
websites, information and documents relating to women in the Australian parliament
and women in politics more generally.
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research products, the Parliamentary Library has no control over information
published by other organisations and websites.
Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
Parliamentary Handbook Online analysis
List
of all women in Parliament
Gender
composition in each Parliament
Women
in ministries
Women
in committees
Parliamentary Library
Publications
Gender composition
of Australian parliaments by party (2024)
Commemorative
sculpture of Dame Enid Lyons and Dame Dorothy Tangney (2023)
The
120th anniversary of women’s suffrage in Australia (2022)
Snapshot
of women in the Australian workforce, 2021 (2022)
Women
parliamentarians in Australia 1921–2020 (2020)
Women and Australian politics
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Gender
Indicators.
________________________, Women
and government in Australia.
Australian Electoral Commission, Electoral
Divisions Named After Women.
Australian Local Government Association, Women in Politics.
Australian Women Against Violence Alliance,
Australian Women’s Timeline.
Australian Women’s Archive Project, Australian Women
Lawyers as Active Citizens.
_____________________________, The Encyclopedia of Women &
Leadership in twentieth-century Australia.
Australian Women’s History Network, Vida! [blog].
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Australian Government Office for
Women.
Department of the Senate, Women
in the Senate.
National Foundation for Australian Women, The Australian Women’s Register.
Parliament of New South Wales, Women
in Parliament Briefing Paper.
Pathways to Politics, Gender
scorecard 2024.
University of Sydney, A
Seat at the Table: Australian Women in Global Governance.
Workplace Gender Equality Agency, Data explorer.
International
resources
Australian National University, Mothers’ Milk Tool.
Congressional Research Service (US), Women in
Congress: Statistics and Brief Overview.
Guide 2 Women Leaders, Worldwide Guide to Women
in Leadership.
International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance,
Gender
and Democracy.
___________________________________________________, Gender Quotas
Database.
International Knowledge Network of Women in Politics, website.
International Labour Organization, Statistics on Women.
Inter-Parliamentary Union, Plan of
Action for Gender-Sensitive Parliaments.
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD Data:
Women in politics.
United Kingdom Parliament, Women
in Politics and Public Life.
United Nations, Commission on the Status of Women.
____________, Convention of the Elimination
of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
(CEDAW).
____________, Convention
on the Political Rights of Women.
____________, Gender
Statistics.
____________, Millenium Development
Goals #3: Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women.
____________, Optional
Protocol to the CEDAW.
____________, Population
Fund: Gender Equality.
____________, UN Women.
____________, Beijing
Declaration and Platform for Action.
____________, Women 2000: Gender
Equality, Development and Peace for the Twenty-First Century.
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