$207,647 raised

$300,000 Goal

$207,647 raised

$300,000 Goal

One hour can change her life.

Empower Hour 2024

This International Women’s Day (8 March) and the month of March, Dress for Success is on a mission to empower more than 750 women to face their job search with the confidence, clothing, and tools to get hired.

This International Women’s Day, your support will help a vulnerable woman gain the skills and confidence she needs to enter or re-enter the workforce. Donate and get involved today to count her in to meaningful employment, a livable wage, and a brighter future.

Our community says it best: one hour in a Dress for Success fitting room is an hour that can transform a woman’s outcome.

Dress for Success services in Australia are in more demand than ever before. With women bearing the brunt of the cost of living and housing crises, the number of women facing hardship is increasing rapidly.

Host an Empower Hour Event

You can give a woman one hour of transformation in our fitting rooms that can impact the rest of her life.

This IWD can we #CountYouIn to empower vulnerable women to take control of their own future?

Register to host an Empower Hour event; celebrate International Women’s Day by honouring the women in your organisation and community and, fundraise to support Dress for Success' Styling program, empowering women into financial stability.

1. Register Your Event

Register your Empower Hour event on or near IWD 8 March. Add a Clothing Drive or Dress for Success speaker (fees apply).

2. Plan Your Event

Share your fundraising page and use our Campaign Toolkit to encourage your guests to donate/fundraise.

3. Celebrate & Fundraise

A breakfast panel, a cocktail hour, a roundtable discussion – celebrate International Women's Day your way with Empower Hour!

One hour of transformation in our fitting rooms provides a woman with the confidence they need to go after their goals and seek independence and financial freedom through employment.

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Shop our Retail Partners

Forever New is donating 10% of all sales in-store and online on International Women's Day 8 March 2024.
Shop only 8 March.


The Michael Hill Foundation is donating $20 from each pair of cultured freshwater pearl studs and $50 from the diamond Serendipity necklace until stock sold.
Novita Diamonds is donating 25% of sales of Pink Halo Earrings in-store and online during March 2024.

Shop only until 31 March.


Purebaby is donating 5% of full priced sales in-store and online on International Women's Day 8 March 2024.
Shop only 8 March.


SUBOO is donating $1 from every sale this March. Plus, $1 for every comment on their Who in the Zoo Recruitment IWD post.

Shop only until 31 March.

Moving away from underemployment and unemployment lifts living standards and ensures a secure future as women age.

The Impact of Your Donation

Dress for Success works to bridge the gap for vulnerable women by addressing unconscious bias and creating fairness and equality for jobseekers who identify as female; instilling confidence, building resilience, and restoring dignity to not only ‘get the job’ but to ‘thrive in the job’.

$25

can provide a woman with one-on-one resume drafting support with an HR / Recruitment Specialist.

$50

can provide a woman with mock interview practice and resume drafting support to help her secure and nail that interview.

$150

can provide access to three professional development workshops, facilitated by experts in their field.

$200

can provide a woman a styling session with a fashion stylist and clothing and accessories for that all-important interview.

$400

can provide the support a woman needs to join the workforce – a professional interview outfit and access to digital workshops, resume and mock interview support.

$500

can provide three months of one-on-one Career Coaching, resume drafting support, interview preparation, access to digital career support, connections to prospective employers, and her new interview outfit. Plus, a capsule wardrobe when she gets the job.

$1,000

can provide six months of one-on-one Career Coaching, resume drafting support, interview preparation, access to digital career support, connections to prospective employers, and her new interview outfit. Plus, a capsule wardrobe when she gets the job.