ACLW’s 2014 Leadership Award:

‘Sustaining Women’s Empowerment in Communities and Organisations’ (SWECO)

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Application

Name(s): ______

Address:______

Tel/Mobile: ______

Email:______

  1. Which category is your initiative applicable to?

Tick one (a) Community ___ (b) Organisation ____

  1. What initiative did you implement and when?
  1. Why did you implement this initiative?
  1. How did you implement this initiative?
  1. What has been the impact of your initiative on women’s social and/or economic empowerment? Include specific quantitative and/or qualitative evidence (for example, statistics, reports and examples) to demonstrate the impact on women.
  1. How is your initiative sustaining change in the empowerment of women in the community or organisation?
  1. Outline the leadershipskills you employed in overcoming some challenges you encountered?
  1. What plans do you have for ensuring that the change you have created for women will be sustained?
  1. How will winning ACLW’s SWECO Award help expand the success of your project?
  1. Provide a summary (400 words) of what you set out to achieve and what you accomplished. This summary will be published if you are selected for the Award.
  1. Supporting Material: If you are applying for the Community category of this Award, please submit 2 letters from women who benefited from the project.

If you are applying for the Organisation category of this Award, please submit 2 letters, one from a manager in the organisation in which the project was implemented and the other from a woman who benefited from the project.

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APPLICATION INSTRUCTION

To be considered for ACLW’s 2014‘Sustaining Women’s Empowerment in Communities and Organisations,’ the applicant must:

  • Address all the questions in the SWECO application form.
  • Maximum length of Application is 10 A4 pages single sided. No additional information will be considered.
  • Applications must be typed and in 12pt Times font.
  • Include a certified copy of a Birth Certificate or Australian Citizenship Certificate or Permanent Resident Status Certificate
  • Email and post your application which must be received no later than 5pm 29 November 2013.
  • Email your application to:
  • Mail your application to: Sustaining Women’s Empowerment in Communities and Organisations Award, ACLW, PO Box 3144, Minnamurra NSW 2533 Australia.
  • After the judging process is completed, awardees will be required to email a photograph of themselves for publication at ACLW.

Any questions regarding the Award can be emailed to Diann

Any individual who works for ACLW or is an employee in the workplace of the judges, or is a relative will not be eligible for an award under this program.

By submitting your application, you are authorising ACLW to use your name and details of your leadership achievement and, if you are successful, award presentation photos in various public relations as well as publications, presentations and announcements to promote the ACLW SWECO Award.

Thank you.