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665  Working for Women Program  To support the implementation of Australia's Working for Women: A Strategy for Gender Equality by funding activities that improve outcomes for women and progress gender equality in Australia, with a focus on the following areas:
                                (a) gender‑based violence against women;
                                (b) supporting women to balance unpaid and paid care;
                                (c) women's economic equality and security;
                                (d) women's health;
                                (e) women's leadership, representation and decision‑making;
                                (f) gender attitudes and stereotypes affecting women;
                                including funding, among other activities, for the following:
                                (g) a women's advisory mechanism to ensure women's voices are central to decision‑making and policy outcomes;
                                (h) a research partnership to deliver insights into gender equality;
                                (i) international engagement;
                                as a measure to give effect to Australia's obligation under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, particularly Articles 2, 3 and 11.