Our vision

Full gender equality. A world where women and girls take up all of life’s opportunities with respect, safety and dignity.

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.

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.

The Victorian Women’s Benevolent Trust

Our grant-making arm providing grants to community organisations that are finding innovative ways for women and girls to thrive and reach their full potential.

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We are an independent advocate for women and girls. Since 1985, we have been promoting true gender equality through annual grants, targeted research, education, policy submissions, events and more.

We have a thirty year tradition of progressive philanthropy and are one of the oldest women’s funds in the world.

Everything we do is about creating an equal future for all. We advocate for violence prevention, fair wages for equal work, and the equal representation of women and men in the decision making processes that shape our lives.

We firmly believe in the power of the collective — by joining together today, we know that we can make a better tomorrow.

Be part of the future

Become a Trust donor today, 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
in charge of our own bodies

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Breakthrough 2016 | Melbourne

Events

Breakthrough is a two-day event bringing together big ideas and powerful women and men to the fore; mapping out how we can accelerating the pace of change. It’s a chance to come together and revel in the lives, stories and wit of women. At Breakthrough, you’ll hear from Australian and international thought leaders. We’re talking innovators in social change, experts in their fields and pros at putting equality on the table. We’ll deep dive into issues and find out where we are today, gather momentum as a group, and plan our pathway forward.

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2015 Community Grants and Sub-Fund Program

Blog

Our 30th birthday grants program was our largest on record. It has funded some major initiatives to address domestic violence and projects that embrace new approaches, challenge orthodoxy and offer significant and lasting community benefit.

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Our Interview with June Oscar AO | Sheilas

Blog

We had the privilege of interviewing June Oscar AO, a Bunuba Woman from the Central Kimberley Region and one of Australia’s great Indigenous leaders. She is joint CEO of the Marninwarntikura Fitzroy River Women’s Centre where she has played a key role in uncovering and addressing the extraordinarily high number of children afflicted by fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD).

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