Alyssa Shaw

Alyssa recently has co-founded 4 Day Week Australia. She has held leadership roles across government, private sector and not for profit organisations. She has managed national campaigns and projects including Raise the Rate, shEqual, and NAIDOC Week. She has also served as the CEO of a charity focused on student welfare, driving successful campaigns on housing, economic security and migrant support. As Women’s Officer for the postgraduate student peak Alyssa led the organisation’s national response to sexual violence on campus, helping to secure improved responses and significant ongoing financial commitments to resource  support for survivors and prevention initiatives.

Alyssa holds a Bachelor of Commerce and has a Masters focusing on gender studies and intersectional feminist theory, both from the Australian National University. Alyssa is committed to addressing structural inequalities, with a particular focus on gender, violence prevention and economic security.