Women's Representation

Philomena replied that the delegates represent well the concerns of campus women, and that women are rarely in competition.

Quite aside from the structure of the Women's Department, it would seem that it has encouraged university women to become more active on the pressing issues of the day, In 1975, only 6 of the delegates to the National Council of Australian Universities were women - today there are roughly equal numbers of women and men.

Paulette Keating