The Fay Marles Equal Opportunity Sub Fund

The Fay Marles Equal Opportunity Sub Fund supports projects that provide

• leadership training to increase young women’s working knowledge of equal opportunity legislation, structures and processes,
• research that strengthens knowledge of loopholes and gaps in equal opportunity legislation, with a view to system improvement and policy change, or
• education and engagement on equal opportunity issues in workplaces, organisations and in the broader community.

Project: Design Fringe Gender Equality Initiative

Grant type: Sub Fund
Amount: $6,740
Year: 2020-21
Website: melbournefringe.com.au/

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In conjunction with our Design Fringe program, Melbourne Fringe will commence a gender equality initiative for female and non-binary designers.

The gender quality initiative comprises

• subsidised registration for female or non-binary designers for our Design Fringe exhibition – calculated at the level of the gender pay gap (currently 14%),
• female designer-led and -focused tours,
• keynote presentation talk by a leading female designer, and
• a mentoring program matching emerging female designers with leading established female designers.