The Rockliff Liberal Government has today launched the Equal means Equal: Tasmanian Women’s Strategy 2022-2027.
Our vision is for Tasmanian women and girls to have equal choice, opportunity and resources to participate in our economic, social, political and community life.
Through this Strategy, we are aiming to achieve three important goals to progress a gender equal Tasmania:
- Changing social and cultural attitudes
- Empowering women and girls to participate in all aspects of society
- Acknowledging and recognising women’s experiences, achievements, and success.
Minister for Women, Jo Palmer said achieving gender equality strengthens us all by making our economy more resilient, increasing productivity, improving safety and wellbeing, and reducing poverty.
“I would like to thank the members of the Tasmanian Women’s Council for their guidance, expertise and advice throughout the development of this Strategy,” Minister Palmer said.
We have consulted widely on this Strategy, receiving more than 500 responses to a public survey during the development stage in 2021, and 17 written submissions were received regarding the draft Strategy in 2022.
Through this consultation, we heard loud and clear gender equality is more important now, than ever.
Minister Palmer said through this Strategy, the Rockliff Liberal Government would lead the way in looking for a structured approach to achieve gender equality over the long term.
“Our Government has allocated $800,000 over four years to implement the Strategy,” Minister Palmer said.
Key actions include:
- Creating tools and resources to help Government and the broader community to develop gender-equal policies, projects, and business practices;
- Further developing the Tasmanian Government’s annual Gender Budget Statement to communicate how our investments are supporting the achievement of gender equality;
- Developing an evaluation framework so we can measure whether, and how, our actions are achieving gender equality; and
- Raising the visibility of women’s experiences. Greater awareness of women’s successes and challenges, achievements, and triumphs will help us to learn, be inspired, and recognise the huge benefits of striving for gender equality.
“I am proud to launch this Strategy, but the Government alone cannot create a gender equal Tasmania – we all have a role to play,” Minister Palmer said.
Equal means Equal is now available on the Women in Tasmania website: www.women.tas.gov.au
