Our Voice
We are often asked what we do and what we offer and the answer is simple. We are the voice for older women in NSW.
Our mission is to empower women as they age, so our work is to identify the areas where older women are left behind and to work towards closing the gap.
As such, we run a variety or different groups that women can belong to and feel connected. We also work as a group to raise issues that concern us and work towards a fairer outcome for older women.
We have identified our major areas of focus as homelessness, wellbeing and connectedness, income security, ageism, violence against women and elder abuse. Our work in each of these areas is outlined below.
Homelessness
Ageism
Wellbeing & Connectedness
Violence Against Older Women
Financial Security
Abuse of Older Women
Women are traditional spinners - of tales, of cloth, or many fine things. May we in OWN continue to spin strong webs of support which create a safety net for older women's emotional and physical wellbeing; and create a sling from which to catapult into the wider community older women's aspirations for a better world.
Older Women’s Network NSW
The Older Women’s Network in NSW believes in a society rich in social capital, where mutual respect and trust are paramount, where diversity and debate are valued and where people and their networks have a legitimate voice.
CONTACT US
Older Women’s Network NSW
8-10 Victoria Street,
Newtown NSW 2042, Australia.
+61 – 2 – 9519 8044
Newsletter
We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we work and live, and we pay our respects to Elders past and present.
We acknowledge the sorrow of the Stolen Generations and the impacts of colonisation on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
OWN NSW supports the Uluru Statement from the Heart, the call for a First Nation's Voice enshrined in the Australian Constitution and a Makarrata Commission to oversee agreement-making and truth-telling.