Count Her In this International Women’s Day!

At Global Sisters, we’re dedicated to removing barriers to women’s economic security. We provide women with the opportunity to generate income flexibly, irrespective of their circumstances, so they can own their economic future. As a national not-for-profit, we’ve supported over 6000 Australian women, providing a life cycle of comprehensive, flexible and accessible micro business support. However, our mission goes beyond immediate income generation for women; we help them leverage that income for long term economic security via self-employment.

Through our free business support programs and systems change interventions, we’re dedicated to making women’s economic security a tangible reality in Australia. Because increasing women’s economic participation and ensuring economic security is fundamental to attaining women’s rights and advancing gender equality.

Every day we #BackHerBrilliance by empowering, elevating, funding and advocating for her. For incredible things happen when you back women.

Join us in helping accelerate women’s economic security.

Here’s how you can get involved.

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Every day we Back Her Brilliance by empowering, elevating, funding and advocating for her.

For incredible things happen when you back women.

THE TIME IS NOW FOR WOMEN’S ECONOMIC SECURITY

THE REAL BARRIERS TO ECONOMIC SECURITY

For many Australian women, economic security is not a tangible reality. The barriers are many and varied, and the only way to truly identify and develop practical solutions is to listen to the women most affected.

Forging a collective path towards economic equality requires us to understand the individual stories of women.

Women like Diana

who fled an insufferable 20 year domestic violence relationship, found herself unable to receive any government support. Consequently, Diana had no choice but to live homeless with her two children. She and her now-adult children continue to grapple with the effects of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and multiple chronic health conditions – the result of a lifetime of trauma. To this day, they still cannot access social security.

Women like Suzie

who despite her qualifications, experience and motivation, faced ageism and gender bias during her job search in a male-dominated industry. Finding herself widowed and a single mother in her forties, she grappled with the looming threat of homelessness amid a housing crisis and inaccessible property finance options.

Women like Angie

who worked hard in her company, experienced a workplace injury, and the subsequent misdiagnosis and mistreatment by her employer and medical practitioners left her with a crippling and incurable lifelong condition. She lost her ability to work, escaped a horrific domestic violence relationship, and is now raising her two children on $20,000 a year through the disability pension – 70 percent of which goes towards rent.

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HOW GLOBAL SISTERS is MAKING IMPACT

Our unique model at Global Sisters has demonstrated its effectiveness in driving impactful and evidence-based systems changes.

Our programs create pathways to economic participation and self-employment opportunities, empowering women to generate income through micro-businesses. The support we offer, including business education programs, coaching and pro bono services, financial pathways, sales runways, and a strong community, enables women to start and grow their businesses on their own terms.

In parallel, our systems change interventions target long-term economic security for women, by addressing the very barriers that inhibit them. We actively challenge these barriers through four interconnected interventions:

Welfare reform for women’s self-employment
Pro women’s micro business policy and investment
Women’s financial product and services pathway
Access to home ownership for women

When we achieve this at scale, only then can Australia begin to close the gap in the economic and social costs of gender inequality. Because increasing women’s economic participation and ensuring economic security is fundamental to attaining women’s rights and advancing gender equality.

Find out how YOU can get involved this International Women’s Day AND beyond!