About Us

Working Women's Centres are not-for-profit, community organisations that support women employees or women who wish to work, whatever their age, ethnicity or work status, by providing a free and confidential service on work related issues. We work primarily with women who are not represented by a union, their own lawyer or other advocate.

Our objective is to increase women's participation in and contribution to workplace arrangements that improve their income and conditions, including:

• Women who work in precarious and/or low status employment
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women
• Women from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
• Women in regional or remote areas
• Women with disabilities
• Women with family responsibilities
• Young women
• Women of mature age
• Women on subclass 457 visas working in Australia
• Women entering or re-entering the workforce

We:

• Provide information, advice and support to women on work issues
• Initiate and implement training programs on working women's issues
• Respond to specific issues related to cultural diversity in the workplace
• Develop resources on issues facing women in the workforce
• Work with unions in their efforts to gain true equality for women members
• Encourage women to take an active part in their union
• Actively promote equal employment opportunity for women through policy development, committees and campaigns
• Refer you to other people if we can't help you.

Go to the WWC contact page to find the Centre closest to you.