ACSW Initiatives
At national and state levels, ACSW has overseen projects and activities focusing on women in the ICT workplace.
Policy Development
Results from the 2008 and 2010 surveys have informed the following publications, submissions and presentations:
- Bandias., Fuller.D., Pfitzner.D. and Whitnel.T. (2011) Gender Pay Equity - Myth or Reality? A Review of the Literature. Gender in Management an International Journal (submitted August 2011 - under review).
- Warne. L., Bandias. S. and Fuller.D. (2011) The Employment Experiences of Women in theAustralian Information Communication Technology Industry, Journal of Economic and Social Policy: Vol. 14: Iss. 1, Article 2.
- Bandias.S. 2010 An over view of the 2010 ACS W Survey. Information Age: March – April 2010.
- Bandias.S. and Warne. L.(2009) What Makes Women Work? Information Age: August-Sept 2009.
- An Overview of the ACS-W Survey. Paper presented at the Working Women’s Conference Darwin NT. Hosted by NT Working Women’s Centre.
- Bandias.S. and Warne.L. Women in ICT – Retain and Sustain: An Overview of the ACS-WSurvey. 20th Australasian Conference on Information Systems. ACIS 2009 Conference Clayton Melbourne 2 – 4 December 2009 available at http://aisel.aisnet.org/acis2009/103/
- Charles Darwin University Staff Forum. Gender Pay Equity - Myth or Reality?
- Public Forums ( Education Across the Nation series) in each Australian capital city and major regional towns on Gender Pay Equity - Myth or Reality? Presented by Linda Zeelie on behalf of theACS W Board
- Gender Pay Equity Forum hosted by the NT Office of Women’s Policy and Business professional Women (NT.)
- Charles Darwin University Staff Forum Women in ICT - An Overview of the ACS-W 2008 Survey.
- Public Forum. An Overview of the ACS-W Survey. Darwin hosted by the Australian Computer Society.
- The review of Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency ACT. Co-authored with Dr Leoni Warne and written on behalf of the Australian Computer Society
The 2008 ACSW survey won international recognition by Practicing Gender Equality in Science (PRAGES) as a program of excellence.
Digital Divas - A program to put the Wow back into ICT for girls
ACSW co-funded the Digital Divas research project, with the Australian Research Council. The project aimed to identify female-friendly ICT topics for year 8 & 9 school girls.
Digital Divas is an innovative program designed to foster girls' interest in ICT. Girls' lack of interest in Information Communication Technology (ICT) is clearly evident by senior secondary school and short-term initiatives have failed to change girls' attitudes. The Digital Divas program aimed to build girls' ICT skills and confidence, increase girls' motivation to continue studying ICT and enter the ICT workforce.
The Digital Divas project was funded from 2009 -2011 through the Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Scheme and was undertaken by Professor Julie Fisher, Faculty of Information Technology Monash University, Associate Professor Catherine Lang, Faculty of ICT Swinburne University, Associate Professor Helen Forgasz, Faculty of Education, Monash University and Associate Professor Annemieke Craig, Faculty of Business and Law, Deakin University.
The ACS was an industry partner in the Linkage grant, contributing funds and support to the project. ACSW member, Jo Dalvean was a member of the Digital Divas Advisory Board, and provided technical advice for the online portal.