With only 12 percent of women making up its workforce, it’s no secret that the construction industry is a boy’s club. The real story is that despite their best efforts, neither government nor industry can shift the stubbornly entrenched gender ratio.

The federal budget is off to a good start when it comes to access to training/skills for girls and women however they need to be practical in the rollout or they'll fail to engage and retain girls/women in trades. Our Founding Director, Amanda Rose, shared her ideas and solutions with News Ltd based on a decade of experience working with girls and women in this space.

Western Sydney Women are conducting research on what the women of Western Sydney want. Our goal is to capture the priorities and concerns of all women from the Inner West, Greater West, North West and South West of Sydney.

Introducing Rose and Houda, who are in their final year of their Bachelor of Social Science at Macquarie University. They are interning with Western Sydney Women to gain experience in conducting research.

As part of National Science Week our work has been featured on the Office for Women's list of 10 organisations addressing employment barriers and challenging gender stereotypes in STEM.

Western Sydney Executive Women in STEM held a roundtable breakfast this week as part of our 12 month mentorship program funded by the Federal Government. As this week is National Science Week, this occasion is particularly significant to us as we seek to provide mentoring and networking opportunities for women in STEM.

Amanda Rose, the founder of Western Sydney Women and The Future is Bright, spoke on 2ser 107.3 about why it’s important to create pathways for women in STEM careers.

It is important to understand the importance of accessible and affordable childcare when it comes to a woman's financial security.

Western Sydney Women Founder, Amanda Rose, spoke with the media about the impacts of the NSW Govt's announcement of investing $5b into the childcare sector to facilitate women's workforce participation.

Western Sydney Women Founder Amanda Rose says there is an “entire cohort of women” who want to work and could ease the labour shortage.

“We have an entire cohort of women 45 plus that might need some up-skilling or encouragement but they’re willing and able so let’s bring them in and give them a shot,” she told Sky News Australia.