Building Women's Careers Program

The Building Women’s Careers Program will establish partnership projects to drive systemic structural and cultural change.

About the Building Women’s Careers Program

The Australian Government is investing $60.6 million in the Building Women’s Careers (BWC) Program to drive systemic structural and cultural change in training and work environments critical to a Future Made in Australia.

The BWC Program will fund both large-scale partnership projects, and smaller, place-based partnerships, to advance structural and cultural change to improve women’s access to flexible, safe and inclusive training and work opportunities in the key male-dominated industries and sectors of construction, clean energy, advanced manufacturing and digital and technology.

Grant opportunity

The BWC Program includes $54.5 million delivered through grant funding for partnership projects. The projects will focus on creating scalable, high-quality, and inclusive training and employment opportunities for women and will be delivered through partnerships between:

  • industry
  • employers
  • registered unions
  • training organisations
  • community organisations.

BWC Program Grant Opportunity applications have closed

Thank you for your interest in the BWC Program. Applications for the program are now closed.

We look forward to sharing details of new and exciting projects that will drive systemic structural and cultural change in Australian training and work environments. 
It is anticipated that projects funded under the BWC Program will be announced in early 2025. 

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) – Updated 29 November 2024

We encourage you to visit the FAQs page on the Building Women's Careers Program website regularly to view all updates.

BWC Program Information Session

Thank you to everyone who attended the Building Women’s Careers Program information sessions held by DEWR.

The video recordings and transcripts are now available for viewing.

28 October 2024

31 October 2024

26 November2024

Women in Male-Dominated Trades Grants Program

Funding from the Women in Male-Dominated Trades Grants Program has been reallocated to the BWC Program.

This brings clear benefits, given the synergies between the 2 programs and the overall increase in funding now available through the BWC Program.

Government priorities and programs

The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations consulted with stakeholders in July and August 2024 to inform the design of the guidelines to implement the program, which complements other government priorities and programs, including:

More information

For queries or more information about the grant opportunity, contact 13 28 46 or by web chat or through the online enquiry form on business.gov.au.