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Since 1985, we’ve delivered research, grants, and advocacy that improve the safety, dignity, and economic security of women, girls, and gender-diverse people.

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Feminist Research

Our Feminist Researcher in Residence program is our research to advocacy pipeline.

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A space for young feminists.

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The only digital archive of notable speeches by Australian women.

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Making the case for a menstrual revolution as an essential key to unlocking gender equality.

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  • "If it’s not intersectional, it can also mean exclusion as well"
  • "That’s where joy lives, that’s where community is, that’s friendship, that’s connection."
  • "It’s having unapologetic agency and autonomy to be exactly who you’re meant to be in the world."
  • "Feminism has to extend beyond gender, it’s about intersectionality and equality, race, religion, sexuality, everything."
  • "Feminism to me means challenging authority and questioning things."
  • "Feminism means to me, growing up believing that I could do anything."
  • "Being able to live my life without having to prove I deserve to be here."

What is Feminism?

The year we were established.

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The number of community grants we've funded.

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Thanks to our supporters, more than $8 million has gone directly to gender equality projects changing lives across Victoria.

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Proudly independent, VWT turns research, conversation, and lived experience into action for women and gender diverse people. If you're passionate about equality, this is the space for you.

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First female Prime Minister

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1990

First woman elected to chair of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission

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Matildas semi-final: most-watched TV program in Australian history

1979

Unpaid maternity leave entitlement

1903

Women stand for Federal elections

1975

Women’s refuges funded

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First Indigenous woman elected to House of Representatives

1972

Contraceptive pill made widely available

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2008

Abortion decriminalised in Victoria

Where does it all begin?

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So that in this lifetime we will be:

  • equally paid for the same work
  • safe on the streets and in our homes
  • equally represented in our parliament and leadership positions
  • in charge of our own bodies
  • free to live the full breadth of our lives, without fear
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On Feminism

"I will not be lectured about sexism and misogyny by this man. Not now, not ever."

- 'The Misogyny Speech', delivered by former Prime Minister Julia Gillard, 2012