Reflections from Women Deliver: gender equality is under threat
Thu, 14 May 2026
Melbourne was alive with colour, culture and passion in late April, when the global gender equality convening Women Deliver took place in the city’s Southbank in late April. Echoing through the conference was the deep sense of women’s rights being rolled back, with speakers pointing to the rise of anti-rights movements, shrinking civic space and increasing inequality.
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Women are leading Australia’s giving revolution. Will the sector catch up to enable their giving at scale?
By Allison Harding
Thu, 16 Apr 2026
In the third on our series examining many facets of intergenerational wealth in Australia, She Gives’ Melissa Smith tells Giving News why women are poised to reshape giving in the decades ahead, and it’s not only because the number of female millionaires is growing faster than men.
Towards Women Deliver
Thu, 19 Mar 2026
It’s little more than a month until one of the world’s largest convenings focused on gender equality and women’s empowerment comes to Australia. Former Prime Minister Julia Gillard is among global gender equality leaders that see huge opportunity for funders to consider collective action as part of Women Deliver 2026 in Melbourne.
The great wealth transfer is a chance for women to fund justice, not charity
By Brenda Gaddi and Cat Fay
Thu, 19 Mar 2026
In the first of a Giving News series on gender, generation and wealth, guest contributors Brenda Gaddi (Women of Colour Australia) and Cat Fay (Perpetual Wealth) say women inheriting the majority of wealth in Australia face a choice: to replicate philanthropy’s old patterns, or embrace giving that funds equity and systemic change.
She Gives publishes landmark report for women’s giving in Australia
Fri, 6 Mar 2026
Australia’s largest ever mixed-methods study of women’s giving has confirmed what many across the sector have long understood. Women lead the way in generosity and their contributions are powerful, values driven and far from fully realised.
Fitted For Work launches a giving circle to bring donors ‘closer to the cause’
Dee Rudebeck, Advisor, News & Storytelling
Fri, 3 Oct 2025
Fitted for Work is best known for providing women experiencing adversity clothes for job readiness, but the charity does much more. As traditional fundraising becomes more competitive than ever, the charity has launched a giving circle to bring its many committed supporters ‘closer to the cause’.
She Gives celebrates one year of ‘energy and boldness’ in women’s philanthropy
Dee Rudebeck, Advisor, News & Storytelling
Fri, 25 Jul 2025
The campaign to highlight and inspire women’s giving in Australia ‘has resonated with so many women across the country’, said founder Melissa Smith. As the movement marks its anniversary, there are signs that the landscape is shifting to better recognise the catalytic power of women.
