The NSW Government is committed to achieving justice and equality for all women in NSW.

The NSW Women’s Plan sets out the NSW Government’s key achievements and future directions across four priority areas:

• Supporting women in education, work and care
• Increasing women’s participation and representation in all aspects of public life
• Supporting women to live free from violence
• Improving women’s health and wellbeing.

It notes the Government’s commitment to following the principles of:

• Valuing and respecting women’s human rights
• Valuing equality, diversity and social inclusion
• Ensuring all women’s voices are heard by policy makers
• Supporting disadvantaged groups of women
• Working effectively across Government to achieve outcomes for women
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with business and the community
• Using evidence to develop appropriate policies and programs.

This new initiative complements existing NSW Government strategies, including the State Plan, the NSW Domestic and Family Violence Action Plan: Stop the Violence, End the Silence, the NSW Women’s Health Plan 2009-2011, the NSW Homelessness Action Plan 2009-2014, and the NSW public sector’s women’s employment and development strategy Making the Public Sector Work Better for Women.

The NSW Women’s Plan is accompanied by an indicators framework, to measure progress against the strategic outcomes in each of the four priority areas and includes a number of broader gender equality indicators to track how women in NSW are faring.

Annual progress reports will be prepared by the Office for Women’s Policy and published on the Office’s website to track progress against the Plan.

Chief Executive Officers are asked to make their staff aware of the NSW Women’s Plan.

Kristina Keneally MP
Premier