Nominations are now open for the 2024 ACT Women’s Awards.
The ACT Women’s Awards recognise women, and transgender, non-binary, and female-identifying people who improve the status and lives of women and girls in the ACT.
Each year, these awards recognise an ACT Woman of the Year, ACT Young Woman of the Year and ACT Senior Woman of the Year, and all awards finalists are added to the ACT Women’s Honour Roll.
Refugees, temporary residents, women with disability, transgender, non-binary, and female-identifying people are all eligible for nomination and are encouraged to nominate.
Women can be nominated for their contribution in any of the following areas:
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs
- Arts and media
- Business, industry, and workplace relations
- Community advocacy and inclusion (Seniors/Veterans/Women/Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer)
- Disability
- Education
- Environment
- Government and politics
- Health
- Human rights, justice, and corrections
- Multicultural affairs
- Planning, construction, and architecture
- Police and emergency services
- Prevention of domestic and family violence
- Science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and research
- Sport and recreation
- Volunteering
“This is a great opportunity to acknowledge the women who have made a significant contribution to the Canberra community,” Yvette Berry, Minister for Women, said. “I’m encouraging Canberrans to nominate a woman who has improved the lives of women and girls in our community.”
Nominations are now open, and can be made online at the Community Services Directorate Website. Nominations close Monday 2 October.
The ACT Women’s Awards and the ACT Honour Roll ceremony will take place as part of International Women’s Day celebrations in early March 2024.
