Structure
National Council of Women of Australia (NCWA) is an Incorporated Body as a Company Limited by Guarantee. The Directors of the Company are the members of the Board, who are elected at the Triennial Conference for a three year term. The Board of National Council of Women of Australia rotates from State to State each three years.
The Board consists of a President, two Vice-Presidents, Secretary, Assistant Secretary, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer and Board Coordinator plus the Presidents of each State or Territory Council, or their nominees.
At Conferences members of the Board, Delegates from State & Territory Councils, National Coordinators and National Advisers are the voting members of the Company.
Each State and Territory Council is affiliated with NCWA but is autonomous in matters affecting its own State or Territory.NCWA is affiliated with the International Council of Women (ICW).
State and Territory Councils pay affiliation fees to NCWA and ICW. NCWA acknowledges with thanks the grants it has received from the Federal Government through the Office of the Status of Women, which have contributed significantly to the successful implementation of the objectives of NCWA to improve the status of women and establishment of a National Secretariat in 2000.
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