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1 October 2025
Australian Graduate Women Newsletter Spring 2025
Dear Members, It is my pleasure to invite you to read our newsletter for 2025. It has been an intensely busy year for me in my final year as President of AGW. I had the pleasure of leading our largest delegation to CSW 69 at the UN in New York in March 2025. Please see some reflections below. In April 2025, we announced our fabulous fellowship winners – see below. In May 2025, I was invited by Past President of GWI – Retired Judge Patrice Wellesley-Cole to chair the Nominations Committee for the next GWI Board and Committees, this was a wonderful experience and a privilege as it showcased some committed and talented members from around the world who would lead GWI for the next Triennium. In September 2025, four AGW members represented us at the GWI GA and also presented at the GWI conference. I continue my work on family and domestic violence, gender equality, present my research in various forums and was invited to join the board of the newly formed Australian Multicultural Women’s Alliance. Please read below some of our reflections and I look forward to interacting with you all in the next few months. Watch this space as we have a webinar at end of October 2025. With warm wishes Professor Jaya Dantas President – Australian Graduate Women Download to read the full newsletter.
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1 October 2025
AGW Annual Report 2023-2024
Professor Jaya Dantas President. Dear Members A very warm welcome to all members to the AGW 2024 and I hope you all have had a successful 2024, as we head into the final month of the year. It gives me pleasure to present the AGW annual report at the AGM, on activities from July 2023 to June 2024. Globally, it has been a challenging year for higher education with the ongoing conflicts severely impacting women and girls and higher education. Universities have been destroyed, academics and students displayed and critical impacts on research facilities. The impacts on women are greater than ever with significant challenges due to inflation, rise in cost of living, changes in the nature of employment, and climate changes, all of which impact women. Thus, the importance of higher education for women and girls remains paramount and uncontested. We extend our thanks to those of you who have already committed your membership for the 2024-25 year, and to those who will renew in the near future. Your ongoing support and commitment to AGW is both appreciated and necessary. I thank the AGW executive and the council for their support. I share some highlights of the year, and I encourage you to take a look at our website. https://www.australiangradwomen.org.au To read more, Download: AGW Annual Report 2023-24
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1 August 2024
AGW 2023 September Newsletter
Dear Members, I would like to share with you all some reflections from Professor Shirley Randell and my attendance at the 67th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women in March this year. The priority theme of ‘Innovation and technological change, and education in the digital age for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls’ was explored. A range of Australian government delegates such as the Hon Malarndirri McCarthy and the Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins were also present. Secretary General Antonio Guterres opened the event by outlining that, if we take account of women from all over the world, gender equality is still 300 years away. This opening set the scene for the rest of the conference by emphasising the work still required to achieve gender equality globally. A number of global presidents also made some key speeches, and the discussions continued to focus on gender equality in the digital age. To read more, Download: AGW 2023 September Newsletter
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24 July 2024
AGW Annual General Report
President’s Report Professor Jaya Dantas President Dear Members I hope you all have had a wonderful start to 2024 and I wish you all a productive year. It gives me pleasure to present my report at the 2023 AGM, on activities from July 2022 to June 2023. Our AGM this year was delayed and we were provided an extension by Fair Trading NSW until the end of February 2023. The impacts on women are greater than ever with significant challenges due to global conflicts, rise in cost of living, changes in the nature of employment, and climate changes, all of which impact women. Thus, the importance of higher education for women remains paramount and uncontested. We extend our thanks to those of you who have already committed your membership for the 2023-24 year, and to those who will renew in the near future. Your ongoing support and commitment to AGW is both appreciated and necessary for our Association to continue leading the conversation and initiatives in higher education. I thank Dr Iryna Khodos (AGW Secretary), Dr Zeny Edwards OAM (AGW CIR) and Alison Hayden (AGW treasurer) for their work and support during the year. I also thank the AGW council. I share some highlights of the year, and I encourage you to take a look at our website. Download AGW Annual General Report
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