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Women's Development Programme 2002-2003

Project Funding

On 15 January 2003 Senator Amanda Vanstone, the then Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women's Issues announced that thirteen organisations would receive over $450,000 worth of grants under the Women's Development Programme 2002-2003 project funding round.

The funding enables capacity building projects in leadership training, mentoring, public speaking coaching, and business plan development. It also allows research into women in science, parenting and mothering, family responsibilities in a multicultural society and the measurement of social capital.

Under the programme grants were made available for up to $50,000 for policy projects and up to $25,000 for capacity building projects.

The organisations offered policy project funding were:

Association of Women Educators    $38,400
Practical steps to keep parenting and pregnant young women at school

Foundation for Australian Agricultural Women   $49,000
Women's Development Program: Advanced facilitation skills for women leaders in Rural Australia

National Association of Services Against Sexual Violence   $41,450
Development of a National Association of Services Against Sexual Violence (NASASV) Website

National Council of Jewish Women of Australia   $49,717
Superwomen? A contextual study and report of Jewish sandwich generation women balancing intergenerational family responsibilities in Multicultural Australia

National Foundation for Australian Women    $50,000
Where are the women in Australian science?

Older Women's Network Australia   $42,961
Measuring Social Capital: An action research project for Older Women in Australia

VIEW Clubs of Australia   $50,000
Strengthening a Women's Participation Network

Total policy project funding $321,528

The organisations offered capacity building project funding were:

Australia Netball Association Ltd  $25,000
Australian Breastfeeding Association  $24,800

Australian Women's Motorsport Network  $25,000
Association of Women Educators  $23,000

Breast Cancer Network Australia $24,100
Catholic Women's League Australia Inc  $25,000

Total capacity building project funding $146,900

GRAND TOTAL
Women's Development Programme 2002-2003 $468,428