Preamble:

The Australian Women’s Coalition (AWC) is an entity comprising a number of national women’s non-government organisations.

AWC is a coalition whose ethos is non party political, non-sectarian, and non-racist. It was formed to further develop networking between women’s organisations, to develop policies of benefit to women and to enable a stronger voice for women in the community.

The Mission Statement of the Coalition is:

We the undersigned members of the Australian Women’s Coalition will work collaboratively to advance the status of women.

The Key Objectives of the Australian Women’s Coalition are to:

• increase communication within the women’s sector;
• clearly identify the needs of women represented by the coalition partners; and
• initiate policies, programs and partnerships to address these needs.

This will be achieved by:

• working collaboratively to provide informed and representative advice to government on issues affecting women;
• representing the diverse views of women through consultation with the women’s sector, their own constituencies and other groups and organisations relevant to women’s concerns;
• acting as a conduit for the exchange of information between government and the women’s sector;
• undertaking specific policy analysis on individual areas of organisational expertise and concern; and
• developing and maintaining effective governance structures to fulfil the roles and responsibilities of national secretariats.

All members have equal rights in formulating the key objectives of the Coalition.

AWC Constitution