Kit McMahon

Women’s Health in the South East

Program inclusion: Empowering Women’s Careers Through Apprenticeships and Traineeships chair, Thursday 17 March

Kit McMahon has over two decades’ worth of senior executive and Board experience. Currently Kit is the CEO for Women’s Health in the South East (a regional women’s health service in southern Melbourne), Deputy Chair of Volunteering Australia (VA) and Chair’s VA’s Governance and Risk Committee, Chair of The Women’s Spirit Project. Previously, Kit was Non-Executive Director and Chair of Gender Equity Victoria (the State Peak organisation for gender equity).

Kit has wide ranging experience in strategic planning, capacity and capability building, policy development, stakeholder engagement, fundraising, communications and government relations and workforce planning and development.

Proudly the daughter of two feminists from south western rural Victoria, Kit has consistently and passionately advocated for gender equality, empowering women and girls. Kit’s current work focuses on leading teams of primary prevention workers to prevent violence against women, increase gender equity and improve women’s health and wellbeing across Melbourne’s Southern region. Kit’s current work involves working with government and local public employers to understand and apply gender equity in workplaces and assist in implementing the forthcoming gender equity legislation.

As part of GENVIC she has worked to apply gender lens to the impact of COVID-19 on women, and also developed a submission to the Macklin review which that transformational change in our economy and society is not possible until inequity is addressed – specifically gender equity – and Victoria’s VET system is perfectly placed to do this.

With qualifications in Arts (Hons), Master of Adult Education, an MBA and the AICD Company Directors Course, Kit sits on a range of committees for primary health prevention and community development in the South East region ranging from the prevention of elder abuse and family violence. Kit is currently also Non-Executive Director of The Tradeswomen Australia Foundation Strategy Council.

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