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Supporting Women's Access to Career Pathways and Employment Opportunities

The Morrison Government is supporting women’s economic security with greater access to career pathways and employment opportunities thanks to 42 new projects funded by the Australian Government through the National Careers Institute (NCI).

Round three of the NCI Partnership Grants program provides $10 million to fund projects that focus on increasing career opportunities and pathways for women, building on a key objective of the Government’s 2021–22 Women’s Budget Statement which provided 1.9 billion of dedicated funding to improve women’s economic security.

Minister for Employment, Workforce, Skills, Small and Family Business, the Hon Stuart Robert MP, said the Government is committed to seeing more women share in opportunities to boost their careers as the Australian economy continues to strengthen.

Minister for Women's Economic Security, Senator the Hon Jane Hume, said the program will provide targeted support, open up new employment opportunities and get more women into work.

Two previous funding rounds of the NCI Partnership Grants have seen a total of $10.42 million awarded to 28 projects, which are now in progress.

Read the full Ministers' Media Centre Release here.

Date posted Mar 31, 2022