Four NSW councils have received grant funding to support events that highlight the creativity, diversity and empowerment of women for Women’s Week 2025.
Women’s Week Grants have been running since 2018 to fund innovative events that empower women and girls to participate in communities, to advance gender equality in the longer term.
Councils that successfully secured 2025 Women’s Week Grants are:
- Lane Cove Council – Resilience and Radiance (Lane Cove LGA)
- Northern Beaches Council – NSW Women’s Week Writing and Poetry Workshop Series – Celebrating Female Authors living with a Disability (Northern Beaches LGA)
- Kiama Municipal Council – Paint the Town Femme (Kiama LGA)
- Randwick City Council – Women’s Work art show and live music performance (Randwick LGA)
Other organisations that received the grants include:
- Interrelate Ltd – Empowerment through education: addressing the need for menstrual education to support young women in need (Coonamble LGA)
- Powerhouse Youth Theatre Inc – Khair (خير): A Woman’s Tale (Fairfield LGA)
- NSW Tonga Netball Association Inc – Her Journey (Queanbeyan-Palerang LGA)
- Mudgee Local Aboriginal Land Council – Yinaagirbang Maywang (Women Together) (Mid-Western LGA)
- Accessible Arts - Wellbeing Through Art (City of Sydney LGA)
- African Sub-Sahara International Development Agency (ASSIDA) – African Women Celebration Week (Liverpool LGA)
- SSI – Settlement Service International – Celebrating the diversity of regional women (Coffs Harbour LGA)
- Walhallow Local Aboriginal Land Council – Rise & Shine: Gamilaroi Women’s Week Celebration (Liverpool Plains LGA)
- Diversity Arts Australia – Empowering Diversity: Women in Arts and Creativity Symposium (Parramatta LGA)
- Nourish Nation Foundation Inc – Nourishing Women: A Path to Health Empowerment (Wagga Wagga LGA)
- Maari Ma Health Aboriginal Organisation – Because of Her, We Can: Health and Wellbeing in Far West NSW (Broken Hill, Central Darling Shire and Balranald LGAs)
NSW Women’s Week, which runs from 2 to 8 March, is an annual showcase of the stories and remarkable achievements of women in our state.
The State Government’s Women of the Year Awards at the International Convention Centre is the culmination the week-long celebrations and will be held in Sydney on Thursday 6 March.
New South Wales Minister for Women, Jodie Harrison, said the New South Wales Government is thrilled to fund one of the most diverse ranges of Women’s Week events.
“Alongside some great activities that focus on women’s health, art and stories, we have funded events we hope will engage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, women from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, the LGBTIQA+ community, women with a disability and women from rural, regional and remote New South Wales.
“We want these events to inspire creativity and talent, empower women of all ages and backgrounds and encourage diversity and inclusion. I encourage everyone to get involved in the events that are planned in your communities.
“NSW Women’s Week gives women a platform to honour the many contributions to our families and communities in all aspects of social, cultural, and political life.”
