THE VICTORIAN WOMEN'S TRUST

Our overarching engine room conducting research, advocacy and public campaigns to ensure gender equality becomes a reality in this lifetime.

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THE DUGDALE TRUST FOR WOMEN & GIRLS

Our national harm prevention arm pursuing circuit-breaking solutions to ensure brighter, safer and fairer future for women and girls.

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BECOME A TRUST SUPPORTER

So that in this lifetime we can be equally paid for the same work, safe on the streets and in our homes, equally represented in our parliament and leadership positions, and in charge of our own bodies.

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“If women are healthy and educated, free from violence and have a chance to work and earn as full and equal partners in society, their families will flourish. And when families flourish, communities and nations will flourish.”
– Hilary Clinton, United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women, 1995

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Con Irwin Sub-Fund

Con Irwin Sub-Fund

This Sub-Fund supports circuit-breaking solutions to discrimination, violence against women and children or inequality of educational opportunity.

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Essie Burbridge Sub-Fund

Essie Burbridge Sub-Fund

This Sub-Fund supports projects that provide leadership and achievement in cross-cultural understanding, and strategies for combating racism.

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Fay Marles Equal Opportunity Sub-Fund

Fay Marles Equal Opportunity Sub-Fund

This Sub-Fund supports projects that provide leadership training, research and education on equal opportunity issues.

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Jean McCaughey Social Justice Sub-Fund

Jean McCaughey Social Justice Sub-Fund

This Sub-Fund supports research projects that relate to women in the areas of homelessness, poverty and family well-being or strengthening local communities.

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Fleur Spitzer Sub-Fund

Fleur Spitzer Sub-Fund

This Sub-Fund supports projects that increase the literacy, educational opportunities of women and girls or addresses barriers facing older women.

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Joan Hudson Sub-Fund

Joan Hudson Sub-Fund

This Sub-Fund supports projects that provide positive and effective community supports for mothers and their children or young women from less advantaged backgrounds.

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Loula Rodopoulos Sub-Fund

Loula Rodopoulos Sub-Fund

This Sub-Fund supports projects that assist women recovering from mental illness or programs which encourage young and established female writers.

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Prue Myer Sub-Fund

Prue Myer Sub-Fund

This Sub-Fund supports immigrants and refugees and other disadvantaged girls and young women and provides them with positive mentoring opportunities or ways to improve their educational outcomes.

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A Gender Lens: for Inclusive Philanthropy

A Gender Lens: for Inclusive Philanthropy

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Christine Friday and Kathleen Pooley Sub-Fund

Christine Friday and Kathleen Pooley Sub-Fund

This Sub-Fund supports Aboriginal community organisations with projects aimed at supporting Aboriginal women and girls in Victoria.

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Supriya Singh Sub-Fund

Supriya Singh Sub-Fund

This Sub-Fund supports projects that financially empower women who have experienced violence and abuse or that deepen our understanding and communication of gender, money, power and control in intimate relationships.

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