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We've partnered with Modern Custodian and are honoured to offer a digital recording of their impactful e-Learning training workshop – Acknowledge This! – to our volunteers and members. Have you…
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100 Women in Operations: Carrie-Ann Jones, Head of Engineering & Operational Excellence, George Weston Foods
18.07.25 100 Women in Operations
Carrie-Ann started as an apprentice electrician in the UK and has spent over 30 years with ABF, progressing through technical and leadership roles. She moved to Australia in 2003 to…
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NAWO Career Club: Not Done Yet – The Midlife Advantage at Work and in Life with Melissa MacGowan
15.07.25 Event Webinar
The middle of life can feel messy. Work, health, and life collide. What if this stage wasn’t seen as a decline, but a career inflection point? In this empowering Career…
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100 Women in Operations: Jade Singleton, Group Lead Resources + Industrial WA, AECOM
10.07.25 100 Women in Operations
Jade is a Mining Engineer turned operational leader, now heading the Resources + Industrial WA team at AECOM. A passionate advocate for inclusion, she also chairs the ‘Get into Resources’…
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100 Women in Operations: Elise King, Associate Director of Research and Development, The Arnotts Group
02.07.25 100 Women in Operations
Elise is Associate Director of R&D at The Arnott’s Group, leading a team of 12 working across Campbell’s and V8 brands. Her 17-year career has spanned R&D and Quality roles,…
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Why we need more women in STEM & how NAWO is helping open doors
02.07.25 Articles Professional Development Program
With International Women in Engineering Day recently behind us, it’s a timely moment to reflect on the state of gender balance in STEM careers and the road ahead.
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Attracting female talent is an area I am obviously particularly passionate about. Those of you who have heard me rattle on about ‘thinking laterally in recruitment’ would know my frustration…Read more
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We are very proud of the work our network does to support NAWO women in their careers by hosting events with inspiring guest speakers & role models, providing women with the…Read more
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Women in Industry Awards
20.07.17 Announcement Articles
I was lucky enough to attend the Women in Industry Awards this month, as a guest of ABB, a NAWO Silver Corporate Member and major sponsor of the Awards. ABB had 6 finalists and, whilst…Read more -
Question: What do you do when you are negotiating for a new role and you find out you are pregnant with your second child? Answer: You Continue!Read more
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NAWO Goes Bush!
04.04.17 Articles Event
NAWO’s new Regional Delivery Program kicked off in March as we teamed up with SunRice in Leeton, NSW, to ‘cultivate female talent in the Riverina’.Read more -
Representatives from key South Australian operational businesses are gathering this Friday, 5th August, to discuss workplace gender diversity, and the pragmatic and practical actions to attract, retain and develop female…Read more
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It’s great to read how employees of Kimberly-Clark Australia have been benefiting from the organisation’s partnership with NAWO!Read more
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“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.” — Margaret MeadRead more
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Making Work Work For You
09.03.16 Articles
My partner and I try very hard to make work work for us… and our family. It’s not easy, Reg is a CEO with a very busy full time schedule…Read more
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