| Our history of grants is now a proud record of women being able to achieve great outcomes, even with small amounts.
Grants touch and change the lives of thousands of women.
Many grants have tackled hard issues that others are less inclined to support:
- Research that led to the first public account of domestic homicides in Victoria – Blood on Whose Hands?
- Positive Women, assisted women with HIV.
Several have addressed issues ahead of their time:
- Community education for women on IVF and surrogacy.
Others point to new ways of doing things:
- Who Gets the Farm? – women’s contribution to farming enterprise and their right to a say in succession planning.
Some grants have addressed reconciliation:
- I do and I understand – Gurwidj Koorie Neighbourhood House and Jika Jika Community Centre developed a community model of reconciliation.
Some grants play critical roles in supporting human rights:
- Legal advocacy for women at the Asylum Seekers’ Resource Centre.
Some have opened up new research and policy issues.
- ‘Do Women Pay More?’ research by the Consumer Law Centre into Gender and Marketplace Discrimination.
Others have addressed housing & aged care for older lesbians:
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We Live Here Too: A guide to lesbian inclusive practice in Aged Care. This booklet was produced by Matrix Guild with a Women's Trust grant and launched in June 2011.
It is a well written guide to help aged care workers provide a welcoming and inclusive service for older lesbians. Read the booklet here.
For hard copies email: Sara.Elkas@dhs.vic.gov.au
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 Women with Disabilities Launch 2011
Many have addressed discrimination and disadvantage:
- Fairwear Campaign against exploitation of migrant women outworkers.
Many grants have paved the way for wider change:
- The Right to Party project – Code of Practice and education program to reduce violence against young women on licensed premises.
- When Love Hurts – Relationships booklet for young women. Later Federal funding enabled national distribution.
Some grants have seeded organisations for Victorian women, including:
- The Women’s Circus, Koorie Women Mean Business and The Immigrant and Refugee Women’s Coalition.
There are so many wonderful examples of great outcomes from grants. For more detail:
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