Women for Election, a non-partisan, not-for-profit organisation, is supporting several candidates in the NSW election hoping to increase the representation of women in the state parliament.  WFE offers training courses for aspiring candidates to better equip them to engage with the political system.  Of the 2,500 women 3who have completed their course in the last 2 years, 17 are running in this state election across political parties and as independents. 

ABC’s even-handed analysis describes a diversity of women candidates for the NSW election across age groups and cultural backgrounds.  It profiles several candidates, including lawyer and company director Helen Conway who is standing in the seat of North Shore.  BPW members will be familiar with Helen who is a founding Director and inaugural Chair of Australian Gender Equality Council, and who was previously CEO of the Workforce Gender Equality Agency and Chair of the Board of Women for Election.