Gender Consortium

We are researchers and experts committed to improving gender and development equality.

Our team has a wide range of skills in gender equity policies, gender analysis, gender mainstreaming and gender responsive monitoring and evaluation. The staff and associates of the Gender Consortium have worked on gender and development projects in Australia, Cambodia, China, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor-Leste and Vietnam.

We are conducting innovative research to improve gender sensitive policy, planning and project implementation in Australia and the Asia Pacific region. Our research includes:

• promoting gender equality in government through gender audits
• developing human resource capacity in Vietnam
• mainstreaming gender through leadership programs
• women and security in the Asia Pacific region
• enabling social inclusion through gender and disability good governance
• building the capacity of African women leaders.

Our services

We offer consultancy services in:

• gender analysis and gender mainstreaming capacity development
• gender auditing
• applied policy research on gender issues
• gender-sensitive monitoring and evaluation
  
• gender equitable leadership training.

Real-world impact

The Gender Consortium has had a long partnership with the Vietnam Women’s Union and Center of Women and Development. Together we are tackling issues of domestic violence and human trafficking in Vietnam.

Through training workshops, mentoring programs and government aid funding, the Gender Consortium has helped improve the management and delivery of services for women and children.

Director 

Ms Cara Ellickson

Staff

Ms Genevieve Chaffey, Administrative Officer.

Gender Consortium
College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Flinders University
GPO Box 2100
Adelaide SA 5001

Telephone: (08) 8201 3931
Email: gm@flinders.edu.au