Empowering Women from Diverse Communities

This gender equity initiative supports women (including transwomen) from diverse backgrounds to form peer connections in the workplace based on shared characteristics and goals.

Unlike a traditional mentoring scheme, where one participant is typically positioned as more experienced, our peer support program focuses on fostering a safe space for sharing experiences and providing mutual support based on understanding, empathy and relatability of shared experiences. The reciprocal arrangement seeks to reduce a sense of organisational hierarchy and underscores the value of diverse perspectives regardless of a position title or seniority.

More information can be found on the program website.

Women (which includes cisgender and transwomen) who work at Monash and who identify as members of diverse communities and are:

• Professional HEW 4 to HEW 10 or Academic staff Level A to E;
• Full-time or part-time (minimum appointment at 0.4 work fraction);
• In an ongoing appointment or a fixed-term employment contract which continues until at least 31 December 2024; and
• Based in Australia.

More information on eligibility can be found on the program website.