Australia

  1. Global Women’s Project

It is a non-profit organisation based in Melbourne, Australia which works for rights of women. They are dedicated to create a world where women can take decisions of their own lives and keep themselves away from poverty, discrimination, violence and inequality. This organisation support women on a global basis. The organisation believes in social justice, solidarity and compassion. This organisation was started by four passionate women in the year 2013 with a sole aim of global gender equality.

http://theglobalwomensproject.com.au/who-we-are/meet-the-team/

  1. Australia Business Finance Centre

This finance centre assist people in Canberra and other parts of Australia with finances in establishing or expanding their businesses.  The finance centre also helps people find grants and loans provided by the Australian government by preparing proposals for you.  The website has a grant finder engine where one can find loans and grants that suits the best.

http://www.australiangovernmentgrants.org/qa/qa.php?id=Australian-Business-Financing-Centre-Canberra

  1. AusIndustry, Support for Australian Business

AusIndustry is a department of Australian Government that looks after the Australian business industry through Innovation and Science. It improves business owner’s access to information and advice regarding setting up and running a business, commercialisation of products made and up gradation or expansion of business houses. The online website with URL business.gov.au is also an online community for business owners which gives access to various information related to government loans and schemes to aspiring business owners. It also gives information regarding planning, starting and growing of business.

https://www.business.gov.au/about/ausindustry-programme-summary

  1. Business Victoria

The Government of Victoria is a Australian state democratic administrative authority of Victoria. It is a parliamentary constitutional monarchy and enjoys executive and judicial powers. The Victorian government can help set up or expand your business through various programmes and funding schemes. You can take your business to the next level with Victorian Government’s assistance. It provides assistance in the form of grants and vouchers, simplifies trade options for you, give away awards to successful entrepreneurs for motivating the culture of entrepreneurship in Australia and provides with training and mentoring programmes as well.

http://www.business.vic.gov.au/support-for-your-business#

  1. Indigenous Business Australia

This organisation supports the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander with skill development schemes and knowledge procurement by various training programmes for development of Indigenous industry. It also provides with resources that can help set up sustainable industry. Although the eligibility criteria for getting assistance is the individual must be of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent and should be of 18 years of age.

http://www.iba.gov.au/business/

  1. National Foundation for Australian Women

It is a collective voice of Australian women active for more than two decades. It looks after the status and well being of Australian women and girls and devices social policies for the same. It affiliates with like-minded organisations for supporting women of the country both socially and economically. The various services it provides are pay equity, income support, education and house affordability.

http://www.nfaw.org/what-we-do/