NTEU Women

We are working towards a better, more equitable future for women.

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We are committed to enhancing the participation and voice of women members. Women hold positions of influence and power at all levels of the Union, are active on the Union's enterprise bargaining teams, and contribute to the development of the Union’s strategy at all levels.  

The Union has been a leader in many areas concerning women and their professional and employment rights. We provide support for other women through the ACTU and other non-government organisations and published the first national pay equity study done in Australia.  We also make submissions to parliamentary inquiries on a range of issues of relevance to women in tertiary education.

Every year we hold Blue Stocking Week Bluestocking Week to celebrate the contributions of women to education. Blue Stocking week is named for the first generations of university women of the 19th century who grabbed the term and, even as it was used by their opponents as a derogatory dismissal of their achievements proudly wore it as a badge of serious scholarship.

The week and the events are co-ordinated by the WAC which has representatives from each state-based Division of the NTEU. Events are organised at national, divisional and university branch levels.

The Women's Action Committee

 

Chair	Alison Barnes	National President	Email Alison
Deputy Chair	Gabe Gooding	National Asst. Secretary	Email Gabe
A&TSI Academic	Sharlene Leroy-Dyer	UQ	Email Sharlene
A&TSI Professional	Anna Strzelecki	UniSA	Email Anna
ACT Academic	Blair Williams	ANU	Email Blair
ACT Professional	Joelene Washington-King	UC	Email Jo
NSW Academic	Jennifer Allen	WSU	Email Jennifer
NSW Professional	Karen Lamb	ACU	Email Karen
NT Academic	VACANT
NT Professional	Sylvia Klonaris
QLD Academic	Marie Kavanagh	USQ	Email Marie
QLD Professional	Katie Ohmeyer	CQU	Email Katie
SA Academic	Katie Barclay	ADE	Email Katie
SA Professional	Cecile Dutreix	UniSA	Email Cecile
TAS Academic	VACANT
TAS Professional	Jenny Smith	UTAS	Email Jenny
VIC Academic	Virginia Mansel-Lees	La Trobe	Email Virginia
VIC Professional	VACANT
WA Academic	VACANT
WA Professional	Heather Pate	ECU	Email Heather

There are women’s networks and groups that you can join all around the country. 

NTEU also administers the Carolyn Allport Scholarship for postgraduate work in feminist studies. The 2021 recipient was Kylie Wrigley. You can read about Kylie's work here.

Want to find out more?

 

Check out the FAQs   
Read our policies on women  and equity
Read the NTEU Submission on Family, Domestic, and Sexual Violence
Read the NTEU Submission on the Government’s Respect at Work amendments

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