The NOWSA (Network Of Women Students Australia) is an Australian feminist student organisation founded on ideals of creating a grassroots, autonomous network concerned with issues that impact women and women students.

Established in 1987, NOWSA provides a platform for women's organising across universities and in the wider community through resource, skill and knowledge sharing both in conference and through web branches of the network.[1][2] The network continues to shift, grow and change, but constantly places feminist agenda at the forefront. Women of all ages, sexualities, abilities, and experiences have the opportunity to be involved.

The annual NOWSA conference is organised by a collective of women students and hosted by a different university in Australia each year.

The NOWSA conference usually runs for 5 days, giving voice to women students and allowing them to engage with personal, political, social, and cultural issues that are relevant to women. NOWSA is now an annual conference, held from year to year at different universities, and encourages networks to be developed with women from across Australia.

List of conferences

YearUniversity-
2021Deakin University[1]Melbourne, Victoria
2020University of Western Australia[1]Perth, Western Australia
2019Macquarie University[1]Sydney, New South Wales
2018University of Newcastle[1]Newcastle, New South Wales
2017Australian National University[1]Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
2016University of Technology Sydney[1]Sydney, New South Wales
2015University of Tasmania[1]Hobart, Tasmania
2014Edith Cowan UniversityPerth, Western Australia
2013University of MelbourneMelbourne, Victoria
2012Australian National UniversityCanberra, Australian Capital Territory
2011University of New South WalesSydney, New South Wales
2010University of NewcastleNewcastle, New South Wales
2009Queensland University of TechnologyBrisbane, Queensland
2008Flinders UniversityAdelaide, South Australia
2007University of SydneySydney, New South Wales
2006University of MelbourneMelbourne, Victoria
2005University of AdelaideAdelaide, South Australia
2004Southern Cross UniversityLismore, New South Wales
2003Macquarie UniversitySydney, New South Wales
2002James Cook UniversityTownsville, Queensland
2001University of Technology SydneySydney, New South Wales
2000Flinders UniversityAdelaide, South Australia
1999RMIT UniversityMelbourne, Victoria
1998University of Western Sydney, NepeanSydney, New South Wales
1997Queensland University of TechnologyBrisbane, Queensland
1996Edith Cowan UniversityPerth, Western Australia
1995University of MelbourneMelbourne, Victoria
1994Macquarie UniversitySydney, New South Wales
1993University of QueenslandBrisbane, Queensland
1992University of AdelaideAdelaide, South Australia
1991RMIT UniversityMelbourne, Victoria
1990University of New South WalesSydney, New South Wales
1989Flinders University of South AustraliaAdelaide, South Australia
1988University of QueenslandBrisbane, Queensland[3]
1987Australian National UniversityCanberra, Australian Capital Territory[2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 History of NOWSA NOWSA
  2. 1 2 "Womyn on Campus Conference". Tharunka. Vol. 33, no. 10. New South Wales, Australia. 31 August 1987. p. 14. Retrieved 2 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "Stop Press! Stop Press!". Tharunka. Vol. 34, no. 4. New South Wales, Australia. 25 April 1988. p. 30. Retrieved 2 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ Worsley Pine, Deborah., 1996, Who’s Space is it Anyway: A Discourse on NOWSA, Thesis, Flinders University Library, Adelaide
  5. ↑ "The Network Of Women Students Australia (NOWSA)". Monash Students Association. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  6. ↑ "NOWSA 2021". Facebook. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  7. ↑ Harford, Sonia (7 July 1995). "Young feminism alive and kicking". The Age. p. 9.
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