The Audrey Jones Awards
Audrey Jones Awards for Research by Women
Audrey was an inspiring woman with boundless energy. She was one of the founder members of the Wales Assembly of Women in 1984 and a past chair and secretary until 2014.
These prestigious awards are held in memory of Audrey Jones. The awards highlight research that help to shape policy and provide a focus for campaigning and lobbying in Wales.
All universities in Wales are circulated with the details of the award scheme and award recipients present their findings at the annual conference of Wales Assembly of Women.
It was always the wish of Audrey Jones to involve more young women in WAW - sixth formers, undergraduates and postgraduates. Audrey was always keen to hear about the latest research evidence. To this end WAW wished to honour her memory by setting up a specific annual opportunity for this at the annual WAW conference. The underpinning concept is to help young women, and mature women students, of course, to disseminate their research findings and to have a platform for sharing important ideas which may shape and inform lobbying and campaigning decisions. Audrey was aware that far too many research findings remain in dissertations and theses where only a privileged few had access to them!
On retiring as deputy headteacher at St Cyres comprehensive school, Penarth, in 1990 (where she had taught since 1960), Audrey worked tirelessly for the cause of women's rights, safety and equality in pay and opportunities. She campaigned both nationally and internationally, being responsible for the representation of Wales on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, and contributed to UN consultations and debates on women’s rights across the world. Audrey died in 2015 aged 84.
Thus WAW, courtesy of financial arrangements and the generosity of Audrey's son Robert Jones, introduced for the first time in 2016, the Audrey Jones memorial awards.
The Audrey Jones Awards winners 2022
Audrey Jones Awards - 2023 winners
Robin Andrews, University of South Wales
Evaluating the effects of symptom monitoring as a health resource for menopausal women
Dr Amy Sanders, Aberystwyth University
Institutionalising Equalities? Exploring the Engagement of Equalities Organisations in the Welsh Third Sector-Government Partnership
Institutionalising Equalities? Exploring the Engagement of Equalities Organisations in the Welsh Third Sector-Government Partnership
Annamaria Sgueglia, Cardiff University
Women in Planning in South Wales – Guests in Their Own Profession?
Women in Planning in South Wales – Guests in Their Own Profession?
Catherine Phillips, Cardiff University
No does not mean convince me: How gender norms affect young people’s understanding of coercion and consent in relationships
No does not mean convince me: How gender norms affect young people’s understanding of coercion and consent in relationships
Sarah Cavill, Cardiff University
Comparing the Occupational Balance and Social Capital of Mothers With and Without Postnatal Depression Symptoms
Comparing the Occupational Balance and Social Capital of Mothers With and Without Postnatal Depression Symptoms
AUDREY JONES AWARDS 2021
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 Picture shows Jane Hutt MS with Awardees (from left) Samantha Garay, Laura Olufemi Shobiye, Edith England, Alicia Stringfellow and Robert Jones, son of Audrey Jones, who funds the Awards.
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WAW are very grateful to the Audrey Jones Awards 2021 winners for allowing us to use their, slide only, presentations here.
We aim to improve our digital, audio, video, recording, and production skills for the 2022 awards.
We aim to improve our digital, audio, video, recording, and production skills for the 2022 awards.
Dr Edith England:
How victims of domestic violence are stigmatized within the homelessness system in Wales
Samantha Garay
The paucity of pregnancy research in Wales
Laura Olufemi Shobiye
The role of education and learning for mothers seeking sanctuary in Wales
Alicia Stringfellow
The experience of mothers who live with and care for an adult child with schizophrenia
Wales assembly of women organise an annual conference each year. Previous conference titles have included:
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2011: Do women in Wales matter? Does government care?
2013: Visible women: empowering girls and women in Wales 2015: Women's rights matter: past, present and future 2016: The women of Wales care about Europe 2017: Brexit really is a women's issue 2018: The great leap forward: embracing the Istanbul convention in Wales to end violence against women and girls 2019: Women's rights are human rights: enhancing women's rights in Wales 2020: Women breaking barriers 2021: The Politics of Change: Women making a difference |