EMILY's List Australia Thanks The Hon. Jacinta Allan for Her Outstanding Service to Victoria
EMILY's List Australia
- EMILY's List Australia has paid tribute to outgoing Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan MP, praising her decades of dedicated public service and commitment to improving the lives of women.
- Allan played a pivotal role in the campaign to decriminalise abortion in Victoria, a landmark reform recognised as a lasting legacy that has protected the rights and healthcare of countless Victorian women.
- As a supported EMILY's List Australia candidate, Allan wore the organisation's brooch during her inaugural parliamentary speech, symbolising her commitment to Labor values, feminism, and increasing women's representation in leadership.
- EMILY's List Australia CEO Pamela Anderson credited Allan with demonstrating courageous, values-based leadership and inspiring a new generation of Labor women to pursue public office.
- Allan is recognised as Victoria's second female Labor Premier, with her contributions to women's health, reproductive rights, and gender equality described as a legacy that will endure for generations.
EMILY's List Australia extends its heartfelt thanks to the outgoing Premier of Victoria, The Hon. Jacinta Allan MP, for her extraordinary service to the people of Victoria and her unwavering commitment to improving the lives of women.
Throughout her career, Jacinta Allan has been a champion for women's health, reproductive rights and gender equality. Her leadership has helped lay the foundations for a healthcare system that better recognises, values and responds to the needs of women across Victoria.
Long before becoming Premier, Jacinta was a passionate advocate for reproductive rights. She played a pivotal role in the campaign to decriminalise abortion in Victoria—a reform that has protected the rights, dignity and healthcare of countless Victorian women. It is a legacy for which generations of women will remain deeply grateful.
As a proud EMILY's List Australia supported candidate, Jacinta wore her EMILY's List brooch with pride during her inaugural speech to Parliament. It symbolised her commitment to Labor values, feminism and ensuring more women have the opportunity to lead.
Today, the EMILY's List Australia community wraps its arms around Jacinta and thanks her for her decades of dedicated public service. We acknowledge her determination to ensure women's voices were heard, her commitment to strengthening women's healthcare, and her tireless encouragement of women to step forward, put themselves forward for public office, and never give up.
Pamela Anderson, CEO of EMILY's List Australia, said Jacinta Allan's legacy would be measured not only by the offices she held, but by the lives she changed.
"We are incredibly proud of everything Jacinta Allan has achieved throughout her remarkable career. She has never wavered in her commitment to improving the lives of Victorian women and ensuring they have access to the healthcare they deserve.
From leading the fight to decriminalise abortion in Victoria to championing women's health as Premier, Jacinta has shown what courageous, values-based leadership looks like. Her legacy will be felt by generations of women and girls.
Jacinta has always worn her EMILY's List badge with pride because she understands the importance of women supporting women. She has inspired countless women to believe they belong in politics, and her encouragement has helped build the next generation of Labor women leaders.
Today, we wrap our arms around Jacinta and thank her for her service, her courage and her unwavering commitment to equality. We are immensely proud to call her one of our own, and we know her contribution to Victoria—and particularly to the health, rights and representation of women—will endure long into the future."
We remain immensely proud of Victoria's second female Labor Premier and a longstanding champion of EMILY's List Australia. Her contribution to our movement, to the Labor Party and to the women of Victoria will leave a lasting legacy.
Thank you, Premier Jacinta Allan. Your leadership has made Victoria stronger, fairer and more equal for women.
About us:
EMILY's List Australia is a national, member-funded organisation dedicated to electing progressive Labor women to Parliament. Since 1996, we have supported hundreds of women to run for office through financial assistance, campaign training, mentoring and advocacy.
Our mission is to build a Parliament that better reflects the community it serves and advances policies that improve the lives of women and their families. EMILY's List Australia proudly champions six core values: Choice, Equal Pay, Early Childhood Education and Care, Equity, Diversity and Respect.
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Pamela Anderson CEO
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