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Office for Women

October 2004 – present

Previously Office of the Status of Women (1983–2004).

The Australian Government's women's policy office, which leads gender equality policy across government, prepares the Women's Budget Statement and supports the Minister for Women.

Names over time

  1. Office of Women's Affairs1977–1983
  2. Office of the Status of Women1983–2004
  3. Office for Women2004–present

How it came into existence

Formed in October 2004, after the federal election, when the Office of the Status of Women was moved from the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet to the Department of Family and Community Services and renamed the Office for Women.

Changes during its life

  1. 27 January 2006Became part of the Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.
  2. 3 December 2007Became part of the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.
  3. 18 September 2013Returned to the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

Main functions

  • Gender equality policy advice across government
  • Women's Budget Statement
  • National gender equality strategy
  • Funding of national women's alliances
  • International reporting on women's rights

Where it sits

In the portfolio of Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

Lineage

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Sources

Some dates or links for this organisation are not fully confirmed. Corrections are welcome.