(21/07/2021 Excerpt from institution website)

International Women's Development Agency Inc. (IWDA) has worked for more than 30 years to progress the rights of women and girls with a clear vision that one day it will achieve gender equality, for all. IWDA supports a strong women’s movement that aggregates and amplifies women’s power and priorities. It support women’s forums at the local, national and international level, and work with diverse women to generate self-respect, creativity, new working relationships and unity of purpose in advancing women’s leadership and action.

IWDA was founded by three Australian women over 30 years ago in Melbourne. Since 1985, the organisation works with grass roots and national organisations, State and Federal governments in Australia to advance and protect the rights of women locally, in their region and around the world. IWDA plays an advisory role at both the State and Federal levels in Australia. Researchers and Advisors from IWDA both support policy makers with evidence-based insights from the Asia Pacific Region and lobby them to achieve more.