Equal Employment Opportunity
Network of Australasia

Objectives

Established in 2003 EEONA is a peak body representing the interests of Equal Employment Opportunity/Diversity practitioners in government and private organisations throughout Australasia.

The objectives of EEONA include:

1. Advancing the interests of EEO in private and public institutions;
2. Acting in a consultative capacity to government and business organisations;
3. Promoting awareness of EEO principles and best practices within, and to, the Australian and New Zealand communities;
4. Contributing to public debate including by consultation and research; and
5. Supporting Australian and New Zealand State-based EEO networks.

Membership

EEONA comprises the members of each not-for-profit state and territory equal employment opportunity/diversity organisations which have been recognised as promoting EEO/diversity.

Current members (as at June 2009) are:

1. The New South Wales Equal Employment Opportunity Practitioners’ Association (www.neeopa.org);
2. The Equal Opportunity Practitioners’ Association Queensland Inc (http://www.eopa.asn.au)
3. The Equal Employment Opportunity Network (Vic) (http://www.eeon.com.au)
4. Diversity NSW (website details to be advised);
5. The New Zealand EEO Trust NZ (http://www.eeotrust.org.nz).

Executive

The Executive of EEONA comprises the leaders of each of the member organisations:
Chair/Patron: Juliet Bourke
Secretary: Virginia Matthews (President EEON)
Executive member: Erica French (President EOPA), Diversity NSW, Philippa Reed (Chief Executive EEO Trust) and Chrissie Tucker/Jenny Morris (Co-Presidents NEEOPA).

Membership rights

If you are a member of one of the recognised organisations (ie NEEOPA, EOPA, EEON, Diversity NSW or the EEO Trust) you are automatically a member of EEONA.

Members of EEONA have reciprocal rights to attend one meeting per annum of a sister organisation, eg if you are a paid member of NEEOPA you could attend a meeting at EEON. This reciprocal attendance right to attend regular meetings of sister organisations does not include a right to attend special events (eg an end of year function) or functions (eg a conference) for free. Nevertheless an EEONA member may attend a special event or function of a sister organisation at the rate applicable to members of that sister organisation.

EEONA members are regularly updated about activities in sister organisations.