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Women's Electoral Lobby
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1972 -
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WEL is a feminist non-party-political lobby founded in Australia in 1972. WEL’s role as an advocate for women is recognised in the political and social history of Australia. WEL has been at the forefront of the struggle for equal employment opportunity, access to quality childcare, sex discrimination legislation, reproductive rights and women’s election to Parliament.
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Description added 18 February 2020 by Beth Lonergan
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'A history of the Women’s Electoral Lobby', https://politicsir.cass.anu.edu.au/research/projects/gender-research/womens-electoral-lobby