Actions Lead Agency/Institution 1.1 Engage the business community in encouraging the education and training of girls and women post-year 10, particularly in non-traditional disciplines, to improve their employment opportunities. DPAC / DOE 1.2 Collaborate across Government and the business community to improve girls’ financial planning skills in school so that good financial decisions can be made later in life. DOE 1.3 Promote the benefits and obligations of providing flexible workplaces to the business and community sector. DEDTA/Skills Tasmania/DPAC 1.4 Support economicSecurity4Women (a National Women’s Alliance) in work undertaken to progress women’s and girls’ economic security in Tasmania, including pay equity and retirement income equity. DPAC 1.5 Educate older women on financial abuse through Protecting Older Tasmanians from Abuse: Tasmania’s Elder Abuse Prevention Strategy, so they are better able to protect their financial assets. DHHS 1.6 Target women and girls in all gambling addiction social marketing campaigns. DHHS 1.7 Provide support for student carers to ensure they are able to remain in education to increase their employment prospects. DOE 1.8 Continue to develop policies that ensure members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) community remain connected to education to enhance their opportunities for financial independence and economic security through the whole-of-Government Reference Group for Tasmania’s LGBTI Community. DOE 1.9 Promote opportunities for women and girls in the agricultural sector through Tasmanian Women in Agriculture. DPIPWE Education and Training Outcome: Improve education and training opportunities for women and girls Education and training provides women and girls with invaluable tools to participate fully in the community. They directly increase their ability to gain meaningful employment opportunities in areas of their choosing. In 2009, Tasmanian girls had higher levels of literacy and numeracy than boys according to the national minimum standards. At Census 2011, 59 per cent of Tasmanian enrolments to University were females (9 754 females and 6 778 males). Of the 5 802 indigenous students in full-time education in Tasmania at Census 50.1 per cent were female.
4.1 Full implementation of the Tasmanian Homelessness Plan 2010-2013: Coming in from the cold. DHHS 4.2 Explore opportunities to provide accessible and affordable housing options for women and children exiting women’s shelters through Housing Tasmania. DHHS 4.3 Implement the actions in Taking Action: Tasmania’s Primary Prevention Strategy to Reduce Violence Against Women and Children to reduce the prevalence of homelessness among women and children. DPAC 4.4 Promote age-friendly communities that enable older women to remain safely in their existing housing. DPAC 5. Leadership and Community Participation Actions Lead Agency/Institution 5.1 Review and update the on Board strategy. DPAC 5.2 Develop strategies to promote women into leadership positions across a range of sectors. DPAC/OADC 5.3 Map Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women’s and girls’ formal and informal leadership and participation in-line with the Select Council on Women’s Issues Reform Task. DPAC 5.4 Develop and implement the Tasmanian Government Framework for Community Engagement. This will include information resources on engaging with specific communities. DPAC 5.5 Develop a humanitarian entrant specific website that provides service and program information as recommended in the Better Access to Government Services for Former Humanitarian Entrants report. DPAC 5.6 Collaborate with Volunteering Tasmania to promote the benefits of volunteering to women and girls. DPAC 5.7 Review the Tasmanian Multicultural Policy to ensure culturally and linguistically diverse women have opportunities for community participation and leadership roles. DPAC 5.8 Provide opportunities for women and girls with disability to develop their leadership capacity through implementation of the Disability Framework for Action 2013-2017. DPAC 5.9 Promote leadership, training, and volunteering opportunities for women and girls in Tasmania through a ‘Women’s Portal’. DPAC 6. Safety and Justice