Women and Money Month
Women and Money Month is an initiative of the Women’s Financial Literacy Project. The month is about helping women improve their money management skills through workshops, seminars and online information.
The Office of Women’s Policy worked in partnership with WIRE and the
Queen Victoria Women’s Centre to develop and deliver these initiatives. Both the workshops and seminars received strong interest from women wanting to attend these initiatives and were well received.
The locations of the workshop programs for 2009 as well as the topics of the seminar series will be confirmed shortly.
In September 2008, the first ever Women & Money Month was launched by the Premier at the Annual Premier’s Women’s Summit. As part of the month, women from across the state participated in the Steps to Your Financial Future workshops and seminars.
Read the stories of the participants and facilitators who were involved with the workshops:
Steps to Securing your Financial Future (PDF 452 kb) or (Word 46 kb)
The Office of Women’s Policy also works with First Nations Foundation to deliver My Moola workshops to Victorian Indigenous women, and
Women’s Health in the North (WHIN) and other women’s health and multicultural organisations, to deliver workshops to women from newly arrived and refugee communities across Victoria.
As part of this work, WHIN has produced a women's financial literacy activity booklet Women Understanding Money in Australia. The booklet is divided into six sections including:
- Where my money goes
- Making the most of my money
- Banking, accounts, fees and charges
- Credit, debt, loans and repayments
- My financial rights in Australia
- Where to get help in my community
The booklet has been translated into ten community languages.
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