Women of Colour Australia Women of Colour Australia

Australia > National / Multi-state > Metro and Regional

Field of Interest

  • Community and economic development
  • Education/training and employment

Target Population

  • Asylum seekers, refugees, migrants and people from CALD backgrounds
  • Women and girls

Organisation Summary

Women of Colour Australia (WoCA) is a not-for-profit organisation founded in 2020 with a mission to champion Australia’s Women of Colour in all places and spaces. We are founded, led and run by Women of Colour for Women of Colour. We exist to champion Australia’s Women of Colour through programs of education, community support initiatives, and advocacy work.

Our Vision:
A world where Girls and Women of Colour are afforded equitable opportunities to reach their full potential

Our Purpose:
To advocate for, support, and strengthen the lives and experiences of Women of Colour in all places and spaces in Australia

Our Principles & Behaviours:
We strive to create a safe and inclusive space
– We share community and individual experiences to build a sense of belonging
We advocate for professional and personal development
– We will drive the agenda through lobbying for diversity, equity & inclusion policies, practices, programs, and beliefs that fully account for intersecting and overlapping identities
We are productive and have measurable impact
– We measure how our organisational initiatives increase people’s knowledge, skill, behaviour, and ultimately opportunity. We use outcome-based metrics that allows us to drive return on investment
We understand the best outcomes are achieved through partnership and collaboration
– Championing the opportunities and experiences of Women of Colour is a co-owned agenda – its success is only as good as the support of allies and existing bodies who will help to champion and actively commit to bridging gaps and collectively work to dismantling inequitable systems and structures

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Contact Us
Level 6, 126 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne VIC 3002

We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we live, learn and work. We pay our respects to Elders past and present.

Australian Communities Foundation is a proudly inclusive organisation and an ally of LGBTQIA+ communities and the movement toward equality.