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About Allies for Women in Rowing

Our Vision

We exist to actively support, celebrate, and develop women in rowing in Queensland.


Our Purpose

We realise our vision through:

  • Increasing the visibility and voice of women
  • Providing growth and support opportunities
  • Influencing relevant policies
  • Drawing on the collective wisdom, imagination and support of the Queensland rowing community

Our Objectives

Increase the number of professional development opportunities available to women

Our Targets

  • Mentoring network active by end of 2022 with at least 6 mentors + 6 mentees 
  • 2 open inclusive live or online development & networking events per year
  • Support group maintains active membership of at least 10  

Increase the feeling of ‘belonging’ among female coaches, officials, and administrators 

Our Targets

  • Baseline: Understand women’s current perceptions of community & belonging 
  • Collect & share 1 ‘profiling’ story per month 

Increase awareness and interest in coaching, officiating, and administrating among women 

Our Targets

  • Baseline: Understand women’s current awareness & attitudes towards coaching, officiating & administration development pathways 
  • Interest & awareness goes up not down over the next 2 years 

Increase confidence and aspiration levels of female coaches, officials, and administrators 

Our Targets

  • Baseline: Understand women’s current confidence levels & aspirations around coaching, officiating, & administration roles 

Increase the level of female coach accreditation and participation in ongoing education 

Our Targets

  • An equal proportion of women & men apply for level 2/3 accreditation by 2024 
  • Collect & share 3 stories per year of career progression & barriers experienced 
  • Yearly data on: per year attrition rate; years of coaching; returns to coaching; Applications for level 2/3 accreditation; No. per year moving up an accreditation level 

Increase female representation on club executives (including role diversity) 

Our Targets

  • Baseline: Understand women’s current representation in club executives & role diversity 
  • what are the patterns? 
  • are there issues or not? 
  • how many clubs & schools have stepping stone processes in place to encourage women? 

Increase the number of women active in officiating (including younger age groups) 

Our Targets

  • Baseline: Understand women’s current representation in officiating 
  • what are the patterns? 
  • are there issues or not? 
  • how many clubs & schools actively encourage women? 

Increase the number of female-supporting policies or new guidance resources

Our Targets

  • Baseline: Understand current policies & practices for the recruitment, retention, & development of women in leadership positions 
  • 1 new guidance resource per year 
  • Collect and share 3 stories per year about new/existing practices & policies at clubs, schools, RQ 

Our Current Members

Chair

Emma McCarthy

Secretary

Samara Quinlan

Support Group

Chloe Schauble
Lucy Benjamin
Michelle Loveday
Ange Ellis
Gary Merritt
Andy Clatworthy
Rachael Kinonmonth
Clare Raven