We warmly invite you to join us for the launch of an important new resource for the philanthropic sector: Equitable Foundations: A Framework for Gender-wise Philanthropy in Partnerships and its associated Case Studies Report.

Philanthropy has the power to play a pivotal role in addressing complex challenges facing society. Increasingly, philanthropic funders recognise that this power can be amplified when they work in partnership and collaborate with other funders and key stakeholders to achieve an outcome that would not be possible alone.

Australians Investing In Women and the University of Melbourne's Melbourne Social Equity Institute have collaborated to create a new resource to support philanthropic partnerships and collaborations to apply a gender lens.

Our shared vision is to help the philanthropic sector and other funders and partners improve the effectiveness of investment by understanding and responding to disadvantage and gender inequality in their area of focus. We thank the Paul Ramsay Foundation for funding this important work.

The Framework provides a clear and practical roadmap to help philanthropic organisations to:

apply a gender lens to partnerships and collaborations,
include gender analysis in the design, delivery, and measurement of projects, and
better understand the ways that gender inequality plays out in areas of philanthropic investment and grantmaking such as poverty, disadvantage, health and housing, and recognise the benefits of applying a gender lens.

Informed by case studies and broader sector expertise, the framework draws on the experiences of funders and partners in projects supporting women’s housing to map out gender-wise principles and pathways forward that can be applied to any collaboration seeking to positively impact any social issue.

We hope that you can join us for a compelling discussion with special guests:

Lord Mayor, Sally Capp AO
Dr Doug Hilton AO, Chief Executive, CSIRO
Liz Yeo, Chief of Alliances, Paul Ramsay Foundation
Prof Jo Barraket AM, Director, Melbourne Social Equity Institute
Dr Alexandra Williamson, Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne Social Equity Institute
Julie Reilly OAM, CEO, Australians Investing In Women

The argument in favour of gender equality and its positive impacts on the well-being of societies, economies, and our planet are well documented. Evidence both globally and locally indicates that among the many advantages, enhancing gender equality plays a crucial role in alleviating poverty and disadvantage.

If you lead your organisation's philanthropic foundation you will not want to miss this important conversation.

Date: Wednesday 24 April
Time: 4 - 6 PM AEST
Location: Allens, Level 37, 101 Collins Street, Melbourne
Light refreshments will be served.

EVENT SPEAKERS

The Equitable Foundations gender-wise philanthropic partnerships report and resource is a proud partnership between:

Australians Investing In Women, Paul Ramsay Foundation, Melbourne Social Equity Institute (University of Melbourne)

We gratefully acknowledge the generous support of our venue partner, Allens.