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Empowering Women at UWA: Mentoring and Networking Initiative

Women@UWA is a university-wide initiative aimed at promoting gender equity within academic and professional staff. Funded by the Diversity Initiatives Fund, it addresses the underrepresentation of women in senior positions. The platform facilitates online mentoring and networking opportunities, allowing women to share knowledge and gain support. Various mentoring styles are available, including peer group and informal mentoring. Outcomes include increased representation of women, improved career development, and enhanced workplace satisfaction. Everyone is welcomed to participate, including male mentors.

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Empowering Women at UWA: Mentoring and Networking Initiative

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  1. Women @ UWA

  2. Background • Project funded by the Diversity Initiatives Fund • Women are under-represented at the highest levels and over-represented at the lowest levels in both academic and professional staff. • Became a university-wide initiative as a result of feedback from female staff

  3. Purpose • Women@UWA is a website which facilitates online mentoring & networking for women at UWA in career development and life balance • Mentoring – it “fills in the gaps” so that all women @ UWA have access to mentoring • Networking – women like to network, both in person (events) and online (blog)!

  4. Mentoring • Lots of different types of mentoring • Facilitated mentoring program • One-off mentoring • Peer group mentoring • Informal mentoring (i.e. networking) • Many women like to have male mentors

  5. Outcomes • Increased representation of women in senior positions. • Sharing of professional knowledge, organisational culture and values • Establish support network for female staff. • Increase in staff sense of being valued by the • university, through the provision of career development • and networking opportunities; and the recognition of • individual contributions • Increase in tenure and promotion applications by • academic female staff • Demonstration of commitment to EEO and diversity • issues in the workplace • Increase in staff motivation, work satisfaction, • commitment and loyalty

  6. Calling all mentors! • Women@UWA is not just for women! • Expected to be launched by the end of May • The more the merrier… • Who can be a mentor? Anyone!

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