Women’s Legal Service
http://www.wlsq.org.au/
Women's Legal Service is a Community Legal Centre based in Brisbane that provides free legal advice and information to Women in Queensland.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women's Legal & Advocacy Service
PO Box 5631
West End 4102
ph: 07 38442450
fax: 07 38442646
email: atsiwlas@bigpond.com.au
North Queensland Women's Legal Service
http://www.nqwls.com.au/
NQWLS is a community based legal service developed and operated by women. The NQWLS seeks to improve women’s access to justice and to promote change within the justice system. Solicitors are available in both the Cairns and Townsville offices.
National Association of Community Legal Centres
http://www.naclc.org.au
Community Legal Centres (CLCs) are independent, non-profit organisations which provide free referral, advice and assistance to more than 350,000 people each year. The NACLC website provides links to CLCs in your area.
Australian Women Lawyers
http://www.australianwomenlawyers.com.au/
AWL is the peak national body for women lawyers in Australia, to which WLAQ is affiliated. The AWL website provides links to other state-based women lawyers associations.
Queensland Law Society
http://www.qls.com.au/
The Queensland Law Society (QLS) is the peak professional body for the state's solicitors with more than 8500 members throughout Queensland.
Law Council of Australia
http://www.lawcouncil.asn.au/
The Law Council of Australia is the peak national representative body of the Australian legal profession, and represents about 56,000 legal practitioners nationwide.
Legal Services Commission – Women in the law in Queensland Project
http://www.lsc.qld.gov.au/252.htm
The Legal Services Commission project is being conducted in collaboration with Dr Francesca Bartlett of the University of Queensland following the LSC's consistent observation from routine analysis of its database that women solicitors are less than a third likely to have complaints made about them than are male solicitors.
Lawyers Weekly
www.lawyersweekly.com.au
Lawyers Weekly is a weekly legal publication which includes a monthly "Women in Law" supplement.
The Office of the Status of Women (Commonwealth)
http://www.osw.dpmc.gov.au
The Australian Government Office of the Status of Women has a number of roles, including providing high level (policy and other) advice to the Prime Minister and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women, administering programmes including programmes to combat domestic violence and sexual assault advises on legislative issues relating to women, and representing government at national and international forums on women's issues.
Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (Commonwealth)
http://www.eowa.gov.au/
EOWA is a statutory authority located within the portfolio of the Australian Commonwealth Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR). EOWA’s role is to administer the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Act 1999 (Commonwealth) and through education, assist organisations to achieve equal opportunity for women.
Office for Women (Queensland)
http://www.women.qld.gov.au/
The Office for Women is part of the Queensland Government and plays a central role in carrying out the Government's vision for the women of Queensland.
International Women’s Day
http://www.internationalwomensday.com/
International Women's Day (8 March) is a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future.
Women’s Electoral Lobby
http://www.wel.org.au/
The Women’s Electoral Lobby is a feminist, not for profit, self-funded, non-party political, lobby group founded in 1972. Its original intention was to inform women for whom they should vote for in that year’s Federal Election but it continues to act as a research/advocacy group for the continuing issues that still disadvantage women.
Supreme Court of Queensland Library ‘Women in the Law in Queensland’ Exhibition
http://www.sclqld.org.au/schp/exhibitions/witl/default.htm
The Women in the Law in Queensland exhibition was launched on Friday, 24 November 2000 in the Banco Court and was intended to acknowledge those women who had achieved a first in the area of law. The exhibition was not confined to women pioneers though, and also provided broader recognition of the evolving contribution of women to the law in this State, and in areas closely related to the law. The exhibition continues to be inspiring to women in the legal profession.
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