Young Women's Recruitment, Retention and Leadership study

The WomenSpeak Network is currently working on a research project called
'Young Women's Recruitment, Retention and Leadership: lessons learned
from the women's movement.'

What is the overall aim of the policy research?

* To establish broadly young women's involvement and perceptions
of their involvement in women's organisations.
* To find out whether organisations are actively involved in the
recruitment, retention and promotion of young women's into leadership
positions.
* In line with the goals of the WomenSpeak Network reflect on how
effective young women's participation, networking and diversity is
within the organisations.

We have developed two surveys:
1) to ask young women about their involvement and perceptions of that
involvement in community organisations especially women's organisations.

2) to ask women's and community organisations about their current
experiences with young women's recruitment, retention and leadership.

The results of the research will be published later in the year and made
freely available. We also hope that the outcome of the research will
offer practical and useful suggestions and guides to what is being done
and could be done in many of our organisations.

The surveys are available on-line at:
- young women's survey http://www.ywca.org.au/survey_2.htm
- women's & community organisations survey
http://www.ywca.org.au/survey_1.htm

or can be made available as word files or in hard copy.

The more responses we get, the more useful the survey will be, so fill
one in yourself and forward this email on through your networks and
members.

Thank you for taking the time to complete one or both of the surveys and
passing the message on.

The WomenSpeak Network is one of four national networks of women's
organizations funded by the Australian Government Office for Women.

If you have any further questions please feel free to contact me, Erica
Lewis, on ygals@ywca.org.au or 02 6230 5150.

Thanks
Erica

PS Apologies to all those who are going to get this email many times.

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Since 1855, the YWCA has been empowering women and girls to lead change.
This work is driven by the passion, faith and vitality of women in 122
countries, who will not stop until the world is a better place for all
people.

Celebrate 150 years young by joining the YWCA Round-the-World Breakfast
on April 24, 2005!

From England to Ethiopia, Estonia to El Salvador, connect with YWCA
women in 122 countries for the event of the year. It's a chance to pay
tribute to 150 years of women's leadership and to ensure that women's
leadership will be well resourced for generations to come.

A celebration like this doesn't come around every century.

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Erica Lewis
National Policy & Research Officer
YWCA Australia

w 02 6230 5150
fx 02 6230 5156
m 0412 409 514

PO Box 1022
Dickson ACT 2602

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