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Informed Choices for Australian Women

The Government will provide an additional $5.5 million over four years to develop a women's information strategy to improve access to government information for and about women. A key objective of this initiative will be to establish web-based access to integrated information for women and about women's circumstances and needs. In this phase:

• a comprehensive data warehouse, integrating statistical information about women's needs and circumstances will be established;
• government information relevant to women will be made accessible through a single web-site;
• a research and policy issues publications series relevant to women will be established; and
• a national conference for women will consider contemporary issues and concerns.

The National Conference, Australian Women Speak, will be hosted by the Commonwealth Office of the Status of Women in August 2001. It will enable discussion and information exchange between governments, service providers, women and their organisations. The four themes of the conference will explore: economic self support and security for women; optimal status and position of women; elimination of violence in the lives of women; and maintenance of good health and wellbeing throughout women's lives.