Womens Charter - improving participation in Local Govt

With local govt elections due next year in Glen Eira I feel it is important that our Council encourages the participation and engagement of women from our community at all levels particularly as Councllors.

The Women’s Charter Project is an important initiative that promotes ideas, action plans and models to further this participation. Full details on links bottom right.

Along with the 62 other Councils in Victoria I will be advocating that Glen Eira also adopts and endorses this charter.

from the latest Municipal Assoc Vic (MAV) bulletin
"The Women’s Participation in Local Government Coalition (WPILGC) has launched its latest tool Closing the Gender Gap – principles, commitments, actions. It provides a list of councils that have endorsed the Women’s Charter, as well as ideas for councils to adopt, examples of 3x3 Action Plans and proposed statewide benchmarks.

The report, the result of the Women’s Charter 2010 Project funded by the Victorian Government and auspiced by the MAV, is one of a number of tools developed to assist councils to increase women’s participation. Other tools include a checklist of actions that can be undertaken for each of the three Women’s Charter principles. To date, 62 councils have endorsed the Women’s Charter principles of gender equity, diversity and active citizenship.

There is still time for more councils to adopt the Charter in the lead up to the local government elections due to be held in 2012."