NAWIC has launched its strategic plan for building fair, inclusive and respectful workplaces
The National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) has been at the forefront of driving positive change to benefit women and underrepresented groups in Australia since it was formed in 1995.
We have some exciting projects ahead as we continue to work across the construction sector with men, women and non-binary people, in all roles and all types and sizes of business, to drive cultural change.
Having a clear roadmap is vital to our continued success and our recently launched Organisational Strategy for 2025–2028 clearly outlines our priorities and focus.
We worked with illustrator Elise Motalli to bring our strategy to life visually, showing our purpose to work across Australia with individuals and organisations to build fair, inclusive and respectful workplaces.
Our vision is to create an equitable construction industry for all and our mission is to collaboratively drive gender equity through change.
Our focus is on supporting our members and changing the sector, with the following priorities:
- women’s participation
- reduced gender pay gap
- women’s advancement
- women in leadership
- safe, inclusive workplaces.
NAWIC is led by a small team of passionate employees and about 400 volunteers who all strive to help champion and empower women in the construction and related industries to reach their full potential. We were proud to share this new organisational strategy with our volunteers at a virtual Town Hall meeting before it was officially launched.
Our amazing volunteers include board members, chapter presidents and vice presidents, council members and committee members in every state and territory around Australia.
We are immensely grateful for their enormous and inspirational commitment. We wouldn’t be able to carry out our local chapter events, mentoring, networking, education and training projects without the generous contributions of our volunteers.
Our congratulations go to our Queensland Chapter on winning the 2025 Queensland Volunteering Impact Award – Community. The award recognises NAWIC’s positive, measurable and sustainable social and economic impact on the community.
Our ACT Chapter has also been recognised recently for their outstanding work, winning the Australian Institute of Training and Development’s 2025 Excellence Award for Best Diversity and Inclusion Program for the ACT mentoring program, operated in partnership with Wisdom Learning.
These are just two examples of the tremendous work being done throughout the country. Our volunteers are part of a vibrant and growing community of over 16,000 NAWIC members and more than 330 organisational members.
Critical to seeing women advance is showcasing the achievements happening on the ground to ensure women have successful careers in construction.
A talented field of 21 finalists from across the country gathered in Sydney for our National Awards for Excellence event on 9 May, sponsored by Built.
Congratulations to our national award recipients:
- National Presidents’ Choice Award – Janelle Baron from South Australia
- National Business Award – JLL PDS
- National Male Ally Award – Nigel Gorman from Queensland
- National Crystal Vision Award – Niamh Murphy from Western Australia.
A special 30 Year Anniversary Award was also presented to NAWIC Australia’s visionary founder, Professor Paula Gerber, to acknowledge her unwavering commitment, hard work and loyal service.
Find out more about the national awards winners, our work and how to become a member at www.nawic.com.au
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