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As part of National Science Week the Office for Women is highlighting 11 organisations who are working hard to deliver projects to increase womens representation in science technology engineering and mathematics STEM fields.They were among 60 organisations across Australia to receive 39.8 million in funding over the next three years under the Womens Leadership and Development Program.The projects aim to address employment barriers and challenge gender stereotypes. This will be achieved through upskilling mentorship and by improving networks and support systems for women across Australia to ensure they can pursue their chosen career pathway.Big HART Incs Positive Futures project supports young women aged 1320 in regional rural and remote areas to build new pathways to STEM education and careers. This will be achieved through an engaging task focused workshop program that explores the physical environment of the North West Coast and assists local organisations to document unmapped areas using drone technology.Inventorium Pty Ltds Returning Women to the Workforce project supports women who have been out of the workforce for at least six months by building skills and confidence to re-enter the workforce through exploring career ambitions and challenging the stereotypes of typically male-dominated fields and sectors including STEM based careers.Medical Research Commercialisation Fund Pty Ltds Women in Leadership Development project tackles common barriers to career progression and sector retention faced by women employed in the STEM sector by providing women with the qualifications skills confidence and networks to attain senior leadership and Board positions.SpaceCubed Ventures Pty Ltds She Codes Plus Emergence provides women an alternative learning pathway into the tech sector by teaching content from beginner right through to junior developer. Participants undertake unique projects to learn skills such as HTMLCSS Python React building web and mobile apps processing data and presentation skills. Strategy Matrix Pty Ltds Womens STEM JumpStart project delivers foundation skills and grassroots capacity building for young regional women to jumpstart their career through boot camps mentoring and business networking opportunities. The Australian Power Institute Limiteds POWERfulWOMEN project will support women to build engineering careers and leadership roles in the Australian power sector through a 12 month program. This program will deliver live and online activities skill building and mentoring and establish the foundation for a sustainable program that will transform the participation of women in the sector.The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Healths Enabling STEM Women to Win Grants and Lead Research project addresses the disparity in research funding applications and success rates for women. It aims to help retain women in STEM research careers and boost the number of women at leadership levels.The Solution Network Australia Ltds Womens Digital Mastery project supports regional women to gain the essential skills knowledge and training qualifications required to work in the digital technology age.Tumby Bay Progress Association Incs JobPathways for Women @ Tumby Bay Skills Centre project supports women to develop skills for employment and workforce participation through a Learning Hub. Through facilitated learning the Hub supports women to gain not only STEM skills focussing on digital literacy but also supports their learning ability agility and resilience skills.Western Sydney Women Pty Ltds Women of Western Sydney project addresses the full career lifecycle of girls and women in the Western Sydney Region. The program is comprised of four courses which will promote STEM career participation STEM career networking and leadership financial and job confidence and career growth mentoring.Whittlesea Community Connections Incs Womens Employment and Empowerment Project in Whittlesea supports the creation of employment pathways for women by delivering job focused courses and trade tasters across horticulture agriculture trades IT and STEM.The Government expanded the WLDP as part of the Womens Economic Security Statement 2020 in the 202021 Budget. The Government is investing a further 38.3 million over five years into expanding the WLDP as part of the 202122 Budget.The Office for Women administers the Womens Leadership and Development Program to fund and deliver a range of projects for all women in Australia. You can read more about the projects by visiting Office for Women grants and funding.
