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Operations Lead Ruma is a women’s rights advocate with over seven years’ experience working in community development, family violence and women’s rights-focused organisations. Her work is grounded in a strong [...]

The class action filed against Fortescue is the third brought against a major Australian miner in two years - and Tradeswomen Australia says that pattern, not any single company, is the story [...]

Women belong in the future of clean energy, but persistent structural and cultural barriers are still preventing many from entering and completing electrical apprenticeships. A new Gender Impact Assessment Report [...]

TWA congratulates this year’s recipient of the Alice Anderson Award! Last week, Kangan Institute’s Industry Excellence Awards were handed out at a gala event at Melbourne Showgrounds, where the transformative power of practical [...]

“It’s about ‘you can’t be what you can’t see’,” local Gippsland tradeswoman Siobhan Kinman told media who gathered at ENGIE’s Hazelwood Battery for the official launch of the Powering Her [...]

Tradeswomen Australia Group (TWA) proudly announces its successful bid in the highly competitive Building Women’s Careers grant program, with the Gippsland Women’s Fellowship Project receiving substantial federal funding. This pioneering [...]

Tradeswomen Australia caught up with Penny now that she has entered her 3rd year of her plumbing apprenticeship.  We asked her to think back to those first few weeks and months in her apprenticeship and answer a few questions.

Statement on the 2023-2024 Federal Budget Empowered Women in Trades (EWIT), National Association for Women in Construction (NAWIC) and Tradeswomen Australia (TWA) have come together to welcome key measures in [...]

Joy was a teacher before she decided to change careers and become an arborist.  An arborist looks after the health of trees and Joy works for Citywide, a company servicing [...]

With our partner Programmed, TWA contributed to bring leaders from three male-dominated sectors (sport, trade and surgery) together to gain insights into challenges women encounter and learn about global good [...]