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The NOWSA (Network Of Women Students Australia) is an Australian feminist student organisation founded on ideals of creating a grassroots, autonomous network concerned with issues that impact women and women students.

Established in 1987, NOWSA provides a platform for women's organising across universities and in the wider community through resource, skill and knowledge sharing both in conference and through web branches of the network.[1][2] The network continues to shift, grow and change, but constantly places feminist agenda at the forefront. Women of all ages, sexualities, abilities, and experiences have the opportunity to be involved.

The annual NOWSA conference is organised by a collective of women students and hosted by a different university in Australia each year.

The NOWSA conference usually runs for 5 days, giving voice to women students and allowing them to engage with personal, political, social, and cultural issues that are relevant to women. NOWSA is now an annual conference, held from year to year at different universities, and encourages networks to be developed with women from across Australia.

List of conferences

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Year University -
2021 Deakin University[1] Melbourne, Victoria
2020 University of Western Australia[1] Perth, Western Australia
2019 Macquarie University[1] Sydney, New South Wales
2018 University of Newcastle[1] Newcastle, New South Wales
2017 Australian National University[1] Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
2016 University of Technology Sydney[1] Sydney, New South Wales
2015 University of Tasmania[1] Hobart, Tasmania
2014 Edith Cowan University Perth, Western Australia
2013 University of Melbourne Melbourne, Victoria
2012 Australian National University Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
2011 University of New South Wales Sydney, New South Wales
2010 University of Newcastle Newcastle, New South Wales
2009 Queensland University of Technology Brisbane, Queensland
2008 Flinders University Adelaide, South Australia
2007 University of Sydney Sydney, New South Wales
2006 University of Melbourne Melbourne, Victoria
2005 University of Adelaide Adelaide, South Australia
2004 Southern Cross University Lismore, New South Wales
2003 Macquarie University Sydney, New South Wales
2002 James Cook University Townsville, Queensland
2001 University of Technology Sydney Sydney, New South Wales
2000 Flinders University Adelaide, South Australia
1999 RMIT University Melbourne, Victoria
1998 University of Western Sydney, Nepean Sydney, New South Wales
1997 Queensland University of Technology Brisbane, Queensland
1996 Edith Cowan University Perth, Western Australia
1995 University of Melbourne Melbourne, Victoria
1994 Macquarie University Sydney, New South Wales
1993 University of Queensland Brisbane, Queensland
1992 University of Adelaide Adelaide, South Australia
1991 RMIT University Melbourne, Victoria
1990 University of New South Wales Sydney, New South Wales
1989 Flinders University of South Australia Adelaide, South Australia
1988 University of Queensland Brisbane, Queensland[3]
1987 Australian National University Canberra, Australian Capital Territory[2]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h History of NOWSA NOWSA
  2. ^ a b "Womyn on Campus Conference". Tharunka. Vol. 33, no. 10. New South Wales, Australia. 31 August 1987. p. 14. Retrieved 2 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Stop Press! Stop Press!". Tharunka. Vol. 34, no. 4. New South Wales, Australia. 25 April 1988. p. 30. Retrieved 2 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ Worsley Pine, Deborah., 1996, Who’s Space is it Anyway: A Discourse on NOWSA, Thesis, Flinders University Library, Adelaide
  5. ^ "The Network Of Women Students Australia (NOWSA)". Monash Students Association. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  6. ^ "NOWSA 2021". Facebook. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  7. ^ Harford, Sonia (7 July 1995). "Young feminism alive and kicking". The Age. p. 9.
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