“AFGW is the voice of Graduate Women promoting the advancement of women world wide and their equality of opportunity through initiatives in education, friendship and peace.”

Welcome to the Sunshine Coast Branch

1. We are a network of women graduates living on the Sunshine Coast which primarily meets for friendship, mutual support and intellectual stimulation.  Our parent branch GWQ is based in Brisbane.  
2. Members come from diverse cultural, social and professional backgrounds in Australia and overseas.  
3. Close ties have been established with the University of the Sunshine Coast. 
4. GWQ Sunshine Coast was formerly AFUWQ Sunshine Coast.  The name change occurred in 2010.

Are you a woman who:

• wants to make contact with women of similar interests;
• enjoys functions with a purpose and with stimulating guest speakers;
• finds raising funds to support the education of women students a worthwhile activity;
• takes pleasure in reading and discussing a wide of range of literature and topics.  

• breakfast meetings (with speakers)
• book discussion groups
• special interest functions
• informal social gatherings
• book sale
• hosting refugee students
• gowning of graduands
• postgraduate mentoring at USC

    Current President Bernice Anderson 
                          a member since 2003