Georgie Dent

Discover the incredible life of Maybanke Anderson and her ongoing campaign for universal access to quality education and care.

This International Women’s Day will you show up for early childhood educators? In less than two minutes you can send a letter to your local member telling them that Early childhood educators need a pay rise! And they need it now.

We need an early childhood system in which every child has access to totally affordable, inclusive quality early childhood education.

Julia Gillard stepping onto stage, resplendent in gold, to a rockstar welcome from the 5000+ strong crowd, was in itself a quantum leap from 2012.

In October 2020 just as Scott Morrison showed women how little he cared about their economic security, Labor committed to childcare reform.

Georgie Dent had 2 minutes to make the case for early childhood education & care reform at the Job Summit. This is what she wanted to say.

Without urgently stemming the loss of the early learning and care workforce – with decent pay and conditions – there will be no early childhood education and care.

Free childcare would generate $48billion per year, 255,000 full time jobs in the sector & free up the equivalent of 850,000 ft workers.

“Whichever way you cut it, the May 2022 Federal Election will be different because we are a different nation in a different world.”

A video demanding action to ensure ALL women can enjoy safety, respect & equity has sparked a conversation about women, power & privilege.

An alliance including Grace Tame, Brittany Higgins, Larissa Behrendt, Madison de Rozario & Christine Holgate call for Safety Respect Equity.

Women in Australia remain underpaid, undervalued, underemployed & unsafe in ways men aren’t. Women for Progress call for change.