Page 3766 - Week 12 - Wednesday, 23 October 2013
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across economic, social and environmental aspects of the lives of women and girls in the area.
Economic initiatives undertaken by this government in order to improve the lives of women and girls have had positive outcomes, and some of these include: the government’s women’s return to work grant; the ACT government’s funding of the multicultural women’s advocacy women’s employability partnership program; the portable long service leave scheme, which benefits a significant number of women; and the government’s women’s microcredit program.
The report also highlights social and environmental initiatives such as the ACT honour roll, the ACT women’s register and the ACT partners in prevention, which provide mechanisms through which the contributions of local women and girls make to their community are valued.
Social and environmental initiatives provide opportunities to empower women and girls in the community; to elevate more women into leadership and decision-making roles and to empower women to develop strategies to break the cycle of violence against women and their children and instil an anti-violence culture in the community.
The first progress report has been a success in providing a detailed review of women in the ACT. It is the first of two progress reports to be conducted of this plan. I take this opportunity to acknowledge and thank the Ministerial Advisory Council on Women for its shadow report against our progress report. I know the council undertook consultations with many diverse groups of women in the ACT, including emerging vulnerable groups as well as an open forum to inform their report. The development of the MACW report was a significant task, and I thank all members for pulling it together. I was able to meet with MACW yesterday where I reiterated my appreciation to the members. I look forward to working closely with the council in addressing the challenges faced by Canberra women. I understand the MACW report is also available online. Finally, I acknowledge and thank the many women and girls in Canberra who make it a great place in which to live.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
The Assembly adjourned at 6.19.
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