NEW SOUTH WALES
Sydney International Women’s Day BreakfastDate: Friday March 5th 2010
Time: 7 AM - 8:50 AM
Location: Bayside Grand Hall, Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour
Cost: $60 Individual / $45 Full Time Student / $1,300 Corporate Table of 10
Hosted By: Geraldine Doogue
Guest Speaker: Dr Rose Evaster-Aderolili who is the Head of the Gender and Macroeconomic Model at the African Centre for Gender and Development (ACGD) located in Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia.
THIS IWD EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT.
Western Sydney UNIFEM IWD Breakfast
Hosted by UNIFEM
Join us for a hot breakfast, a business card draw and great music. Our guest speaker will be Associate Professor Jennifer Burn as well as two student speakers.
Date: Friday March 5th 2010
Time: 7AM - 8.30AM
Location: Parramatta Leagues Club, O'Connell Street, Parramatta
Cost: Adults $38 / Students $25
Plenty of Parking Available
To download a flyer for this event click here.
To download a booking form for this event click here.
For more information please email Shirley Purser at sjpurser@tpg.com.au or call 0419 975 944
PPSEAWA's International Women's Day Luncheon
Guest speaker Jennifer Philps of the Children's Medical Research Institute, Westmead will be speaking on "Genetics - the future is now". Proceeds will support UNIFEM Australia and the programs of PPSEAWA.
Date: Wednesday 10th March
Time: 12 noon for 12.30pm
Location: Glengarry Girl Guide Training Centre, cnr. Miowera and Milton Roads North Turramurra
For more information please contact Joan Egan (02) 9358 4616 or Marjorie Wood (02) 9734 0925.
Bathurst International Women's Day Breakfast
Hosted By Bathurst Business and Professional Women
Date: Friday March 5th 2010
Time: 7 AM
Location: Sasha's Restaurant, 87 Durham Street, Bathurst
For more information contact Judy Burge on (02) 6332 1521 or Dianne Thurling on (02) 6332 3357.
Sunset Soiree
Hosted by Cessnock and Maitland Business and Professional Women
Join us for finger food, wine and a fascinating guest speaker.
Date: Friday March 5th 2010
Time: 5.30PM - 7.30PM
Location: Courtyard Function Room, Newcastle Jockey Club
For more information, please email Sheila Turnbull at swildwoman@optusnet.com.au
Armidale International Women's Day Breakfast
Hosted by QUOTA International of Armidale
UNIFEM Australia board member Leonie-Ruth Acland will speak on her recent visit to a UNIFEM project in Aceh.
Date: Wednesday 10th March
Location: Armidale City Bowling Club
RailCorp presents: International Women's Day 2010
Hosted by RailCorp
Come down to Central Station and celebrate Women Making a Difference. RailCorp will be running Safety Awareness & Information Sessions and Safety Tours of our Oscar & Millennium trains where our female security staff and train drivers will be present to provide advice to women and young female passengers on how to be safe and respond in emergency situations on trains. There will also be a Women in RailCorp employment information stall where female school students and women can find out more about what it's like to work at RailCorp. Women employees across RailCorp's business groups will be on site to answer your questions and engage in a friendly chat! Also, enjoy a bacon & egg breakfast and sausage sizzle lunch from which the proceeds of the sales will be donated to a women's health charity. While you're at it, listen to local female band Elicit Vibe as they rock out a mix of old and new world music, including tunes from some of the music industry's female powerhouses like Beyonce and Alicia Keys.
Date: Monday March 8th 2010
Time: 8.30AM - 12.30PM
Location: Central Station
For more information please contact Ranny Rustam on (02) 8922 0350
Breakfast with the Girls
Hosted by the Wingecarribee Shire Council and Volunteering Wingecarribee
Come along and join us for a lively discussion on helping women to end poverty globally by acting locally. There will be a panel of discussion facilitated by Member for Goulburn, Pru Goward MP. Girls from Bowral High School Choir will perform and students from local high schools will be joining us for the morning.
Date: Monday March 8th 2010
Time: 8 AM for 8:30 AM
Location: Mittagong RSL, Corner of Old Hume Highway and Bessemer Streets, Mittagong
Cost: $25 per person
For more information please call Jennifer Bowe on 0418 600 068 or e-mail jenniferbowe42@gmail.com.
Zonta Club of North Sydney International Women's Day
Please join us for a special breakfast supporting three wonderful women's organisations. Hosted by Zonta North Sydney Breakfast Club, supporting UNFIEM. Guest speaker Natalie Isaacs CEO of 1millionwomen. Natalie Isaacs is an inspirational speaker with a message for all women to make a difference to the planet's global warming.
Date: Thursday 11th March
Time: 7.30am - 9am
Locations: Crows Nest TAFE, 149 West St.
For more information contact Yconne Collie of (02) 9904 3341, or click here.
Women of Manhattan
Hosted By the Ladies Association for Mindful Consumption
Local emerging performing artists will stage a theatre production of John Patrick Shanley's Women of Manhattan. The two week run, of ten performances, is planned to co-incide with International Women's Day, with profits going to the NSW Women's Refuge Movement. The play is scheduled to be performed at the TAP Gallery Theatre in Surry Hills. We will be hosting a VIP pre-show event on International Women's Day, the 8th of March. This event will feature not only a sneak preview of the play, but guest speakers from local women's organisations, a musical performance, canapes and drinks. The two week season of Women of Manhattan will begin the following week from the 14th of March.
Date: Monday March 8th 2010
Time: 5 PM
Location: TAP Gallery Theatre, 278 Palmer Street, Surry Hills
For more information contact Tenille Evans at skullbulb@hotmail.com
International Women's Day Brunch
Hosted by Manly Council
Date: Monday March 8th 2010
Time: 10AM - 12PM
Location: Manly Phoenix Restaurant
Cost: $30 / $25 concessions
For more information please visit the Manly Council Website or contact the Events Department on (02) 9976 1749
International Women's Day at Sydney University
Hosted by the USU & SRC
Join us for speakers, food, entertainment and artworks. Our speakers include Dr Christina Ho, researcher of Islamic women and women's rights.
Date: Monday March 8th 2010
Time: 6.30PM
Location: The University of Sydney
For more information please contact Monique Ewan (2010 Women's Convener) at fruitbat14@hotmail.com
Some Leaders Are Born Women
Hosted By: Misty Reid (President of Rotary Club of Salamander Bay)
Guests will be welcomed with a glass of champagne/orange juice to hear our guest speaker the Hon. Bronwyn Bishop MP. A two course meal will be served followed by tea and/or coffee. Lunch will be followed by the drawing of raffles and the awarding of the winners of a writing competition for local schools. Proceeds will be directed to a local program which empowers women.
Date: Monday, March 8th 2010
Time: 11 AM
Location: Soldiers Point Bowling Club, Soldiers Point Road, Soldiers Point
Cost: $42 per person
For more information please contact Joanne Windeyer on 0401 599 729
Maitland International Women's Day Breakfast
Hosted by Maitland City Council
Guest Speaker: Rosalind Strong (UNIFEM Australia Past President)
Date: Monday March 8th 2010
Time: 7AM - 9AM
Location: Maitland Regional Art Gallery
For more information please contact Maitland City Council
Generational Change
Hosted by Friends of Oberon Library Inc
Join us for a supper featuring three groups of speakers talking about their "Hopes and Aspirations" during their youth. Each group of speakers featuring three generations, grandmother, mother & daughter, who will relate the results of those aspirations and the compromises they have had to make to realise them. Local high schoolers (daughters) will be sharing their hopes for the future. We will also feature a Show and Tell segment themed "Scanties and Stilettos" involving the guests, each speaker allocated 5 minutes to speak. A parade of historical underwear and shoes and readings on the theme from the local writers group.
Date: Monday March 8th 2010
Time: TBA
Location: Oberon
For more information, please contact Kathy Sajowitz at dietmar.sajowitz@bigpond.com
Pittwater International Women's Day Breakfast
Hosted By: Zonta Club of Northern Beaches
Supporter By: Pittwater Council
Guest Speaker - Marie Dayton. Marie has worked with Mother Teresa, has held leadership positions in education and youth affairs, and currently holds leadership positions in national and global public and non-government organisations. She will speak about her 'life journey'.
The Pittwater Woman of the Year will also be announced by MP for Pittwater, Rob Stokes.
Date: Tuesday March 9th 2010
Time: 7 AM - 9 AM
Location: Mona Vale Golf Club, Golf Avenue, Mona Vale
Cost: $32
For more information or to request a flyer and booking form e-mail pittwateriwdbreakfast@gmail.com.
Zonta International District 24 presents Honorary Member Gemma Sisia
Hosted by District Governor Olivia Sarah-Le Lacheur and District Governor -elect Carolyn Evans
Host: Hon. Richard Torbay
Speaker: Born in Guyra, northern NSW, Gemma Sisia dedicates her time and energy to the people of Tanzania through the school of St. Judes. Fighting poverty through education is Gemma's mission and her story will inspire you. In 2009, Zonta International District 24, recognised Gemma's contribution via an Honorary Membership. For more information about Gemma and St. Judes, visit www.schoolofstjude.co.tz
Date: Tuesday, March 9th 2010
Time: 6PM
Location: Speaker's Garden, NSW Parliament House
Cost: $30 per person (finger food and alcoholic beverages will be served)
RSVP: March 2nd, 2010
To reserve your place, please email Ann Selle at annselle@ozemail.com.au and advise numbers and your preferred payment method: cheque (made payable to Zonta Club of Botany Bay) posted with your name, contact details and the number of tickets you require to PO Box 3030, Blakehurst NSW 2221, via direct credit - BSB # 032-003 (Westpac) acct # 25-7860 Zonta Club of Botany Bay (note "IWD'' and your name). Alternatively you can phone Ann on 0439 468 450
Liverpool Plains Shire Council International Women's Day Dinner
Guests will be treated to a two course meal and two guest speakers - former olympian Lisa Forrest and 2009 Quirindi Showgirl Miss Keiran Jacobs. Purple Ribbons will be available for sale at the door.
Date: Wednesday March 10th 2010
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Quirindi RSL Club, Station Street Quirindi
For more information please e-mail Belinda Eykamp at belinda.eykamp@lpsc.nsw.gov.au.
Bankstown International Women's Day Free Breakfast
Hosted By Bankstown City Council
Come along for a free breakfast to celebrate International Women's Day. Breakfast is from 7 AM till 8:30 AM and will be followed by a free Gentle Wellness Exercise Session until 9:30 AM. Wear comfortable clothing and bring a towel. Free hand massages will also be available on the day. Free childcare is available but bookings are essential.
Date: Tuesday March 16th 2010
Time: 7 AM - 9:30 AM
Location: Bankstown Town Hall, Corner Chapel and Rickard Roads, Bankstown
For more information and to RSVP please call Natasha Williams on (02) 9707 9637.
Wearing Your Culture to Work - The Australian Businesswoman in a Hijab
Hosted by Business & Professional Women (BPW) - Sydney Club
Speakers: Dr. Angeline Low and Dr. Christina Ho
No-one make a fuss when the Queen sports one from Hermes! But Muslim women and the kind of traditional headscarf many of them wear over their hair, neck and shoulders have been subject to public scrutiny in recent years. And despite decades of debate in Australia about race and belonging, for Muslim women the conversation rarely progresses beyond narrow, provocative comments about their personal choices and Islamic religious, or sharia law. Not at BPW Sydney. Members and their guests are invited to consider the Australian businesswoman in a hijab at our next meeting on Tuesday 16 March, in line with International Women's Day earlier in the month. Hear from two leading academics on the issue, Dr Angeline Low and Dr Christina Ho from the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) who will provide an informed introduction to this hot topic and lead a lively discussion afterwards.
Date: Tuesday March 16th 2010
Time: 6PM
Location: Menzies Hotel, Level 1 (Canberra Room), 14 Carrington Street, Sydney
For more information please email sydney@bpw.com.au or visit www.wearingyourculturetowork.eventbrite.com
Empowering Women
The 4th consecutive year that IWD has been celebrated on Norfolk Island. An opportunity for women to mingle, talk and listen to each other. One international and one local guest speaker.
Date: Monday 8th March
Time: 7am - 8:30am
Location: TBC
Mon Vale Library Inernational Women's Day Seminar
This seminar will present ideas on what women can do to improve their current and future savings and to achieve lifestyle goals. A local female financial planner will talk about investing, superannuation and preparing for your future.
Date: Monday 8th March
Time: 6.30pm
Location: Mona Vale Library, 1 Park St Mona Vale
For more information please contact Sharelle Ravenscroft at the Mona Vale Library on 0411 095 320
Abolishing Poverty - The Human Rights Priority
Professor Muhammad Yanus, founder of the Grameen Bank who will talk on 'Abolishing Poverty – The Human Rights Priority'
Prof Muhammad Yunus established the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh in 1983, fueled by the belief that credit is a fundamental human right. His objective was to help poor people escape from poverty by providing loans on terms suitable to them and by teaching them a few sound financial principles so they could help themselves. MC Mary Kostakidis.
Date: Monday March 8th
Time: 5pm-6.15pm
Location: Wesley Conference Centre, 220 Pitt St, Sydney
RSVP: Friday 26th February, csi@unsw.edu.au
Celebrating IWD Breakfast
Breakfast with members of the Albury Wodonga Women's Business Network to celebrate IWD 2010 and raise money for projects under the Empowering Women to End Poverty by 2015.
Date: Saturday 6th March
Time: 8am
Location: La Maison Cafe, Gateway Village, Wodonga
For more information please contact Greta on 0400964020
IWD Morning Tea
A fun morning tea with auction, games and more.
Date: Monday 8th March
Time: 11am
Location: Level 3, Block J, See St, Meadowbank NSW 2114.
For more information please contact sue.ellyard@tafensw.edu.au
Take Action
Hosted by Sydney Iranian Women's Group
Join us to celebrarte International Women's Day. The Sydney Iranian Womens Group will be making a stand on 8th March. Please join us for our 2010 fundraising campaign and to support the cause and defend human rights for the women of Iran.
Date: Monday 8th March
Time: 3pm - 6pm
Location: Martin Place, Sydney
For more information contact Silva on 0424 176 917
North Sydney Girls High School IWD
The NSGHS SRC have organised this event to support IWD. Selling ballons and other goods to raise money for this great cause.
Date: Tuesday 9th March
Location: North Sydney Girls High School
Time: 9am - 3pm
For more information please email Shirley Purser at sjpurser@tpg.com.au or call 0419 975 944
PPSEAWA's International Women's Day Luncheon
Guest speaker Jennifer Philps of the Children's Medical Research Institute, Westmead will be speaking on "Genetics - the future is now". Proceeds will support UNIFEM Australia and the programs of PPSEAWA.
Date: Wednesday 10th March
Time: 12 noon for 12.30pm
Location: Glengarry Girl Guide Training Centre, cnr. Miowera and Milton Roads North Turramurra
For more information please contact Joan Egan (02) 9358 4616 or Marjorie Wood (02) 9734 0925.
Bathurst International Women's Day Breakfast
Hosted By Bathurst Business and Professional Women
Date: Friday March 5th 2010
Time: 7 AM
Location: Sasha's Restaurant, 87 Durham Street, Bathurst
For more information contact Judy Burge on (02) 6332 1521 or Dianne Thurling on (02) 6332 3357.
Sunset Soiree
Hosted by Cessnock and Maitland Business and Professional Women
Join us for finger food, wine and a fascinating guest speaker.
Date: Friday March 5th 2010
Time: 5.30PM - 7.30PM
Location: Courtyard Function Room, Newcastle Jockey Club
For more information, please email Sheila Turnbull at swildwoman@optusnet.com.au
Armidale International Women's Day Breakfast
Hosted by QUOTA International of Armidale
UNIFEM Australia board member Leonie-Ruth Acland will speak on her recent visit to a UNIFEM project in Aceh.
Date: Wednesday 10th March
Location: Armidale City Bowling Club
RailCorp presents: International Women's Day 2010
Hosted by RailCorp
Come down to Central Station and celebrate Women Making a Difference. RailCorp will be running Safety Awareness & Information Sessions and Safety Tours of our Oscar & Millennium trains where our female security staff and train drivers will be present to provide advice to women and young female passengers on how to be safe and respond in emergency situations on trains. There will also be a Women in RailCorp employment information stall where female school students and women can find out more about what it's like to work at RailCorp. Women employees across RailCorp's business groups will be on site to answer your questions and engage in a friendly chat! Also, enjoy a bacon & egg breakfast and sausage sizzle lunch from which the proceeds of the sales will be donated to a women's health charity. While you're at it, listen to local female band Elicit Vibe as they rock out a mix of old and new world music, including tunes from some of the music industry's female powerhouses like Beyonce and Alicia Keys.
Date: Monday March 8th 2010
Time: 8.30AM - 12.30PM
Location: Central Station
For more information please contact Ranny Rustam on (02) 8922 0350
Breakfast with the Girls
Hosted by the Wingecarribee Shire Council and Volunteering Wingecarribee
Come along and join us for a lively discussion on helping women to end poverty globally by acting locally. There will be a panel of discussion facilitated by Member for Goulburn, Pru Goward MP. Girls from Bowral High School Choir will perform and students from local high schools will be joining us for the morning.
Date: Monday March 8th 2010
Time: 8 AM for 8:30 AM
Location: Mittagong RSL, Corner of Old Hume Highway and Bessemer Streets, Mittagong
Cost: $25 per person
For more information please call Jennifer Bowe on 0418 600 068 or e-mail jenniferbowe42@gmail.com.
Zonta Club of North Sydney International Women's Day
Please join us for a special breakfast supporting three wonderful women's organisations. Hosted by Zonta North Sydney Breakfast Club, supporting UNFIEM. Guest speaker Natalie Isaacs CEO of 1millionwomen. Natalie Isaacs is an inspirational speaker with a message for all women to make a difference to the planet's global warming.
Date: Thursday 11th March
Time: 7.30am - 9am
Locations: Crows Nest TAFE, 149 West St.
For more information contact Yconne Collie of (02) 9904 3341, or click here.
Women of Manhattan
Hosted By the Ladies Association for Mindful Consumption
Local emerging performing artists will stage a theatre production of John Patrick Shanley's Women of Manhattan. The two week run, of ten performances, is planned to co-incide with International Women's Day, with profits going to the NSW Women's Refuge Movement. The play is scheduled to be performed at the TAP Gallery Theatre in Surry Hills. We will be hosting a VIP pre-show event on International Women's Day, the 8th of March. This event will feature not only a sneak preview of the play, but guest speakers from local women's organisations, a musical performance, canapes and drinks. The two week season of Women of Manhattan will begin the following week from the 14th of March.
Date: Monday March 8th 2010
Time: 5 PM
Location: TAP Gallery Theatre, 278 Palmer Street, Surry Hills
For more information contact Tenille Evans at skullbulb@hotmail.com
International Women's Day Brunch
Hosted by Manly Council
Date: Monday March 8th 2010
Time: 10AM - 12PM
Location: Manly Phoenix Restaurant
Cost: $30 / $25 concessions
For more information please visit the Manly Council Website or contact the Events Department on (02) 9976 1749
International Women's Day at Sydney University
Hosted by the USU & SRC
Join us for speakers, food, entertainment and artworks. Our speakers include Dr Christina Ho, researcher of Islamic women and women's rights.
Date: Monday March 8th 2010
Time: 6.30PM
Location: The University of Sydney
For more information please contact Monique Ewan (2010 Women's Convener) at fruitbat14@hotmail.com
Some Leaders Are Born Women
Hosted By: Misty Reid (President of Rotary Club of Salamander Bay)
Guests will be welcomed with a glass of champagne/orange juice to hear our guest speaker the Hon. Bronwyn Bishop MP. A two course meal will be served followed by tea and/or coffee. Lunch will be followed by the drawing of raffles and the awarding of the winners of a writing competition for local schools. Proceeds will be directed to a local program which empowers women.
Date: Monday, March 8th 2010
Time: 11 AM
Location: Soldiers Point Bowling Club, Soldiers Point Road, Soldiers Point
Cost: $42 per person
For more information please contact Joanne Windeyer on 0401 599 729
Maitland International Women's Day Breakfast
Hosted by Maitland City Council
Guest Speaker: Rosalind Strong (UNIFEM Australia Past President)
Date: Monday March 8th 2010
Time: 7AM - 9AM
Location: Maitland Regional Art Gallery
For more information please contact Maitland City Council
Generational Change
Hosted by Friends of Oberon Library Inc
Join us for a supper featuring three groups of speakers talking about their "Hopes and Aspirations" during their youth. Each group of speakers featuring three generations, grandmother, mother & daughter, who will relate the results of those aspirations and the compromises they have had to make to realise them. Local high schoolers (daughters) will be sharing their hopes for the future. We will also feature a Show and Tell segment themed "Scanties and Stilettos" involving the guests, each speaker allocated 5 minutes to speak. A parade of historical underwear and shoes and readings on the theme from the local writers group.
Date: Monday March 8th 2010
Time: TBA
Location: Oberon
For more information, please contact Kathy Sajowitz at dietmar.sajowitz@bigpond.com
Pittwater International Women's Day Breakfast
Hosted By: Zonta Club of Northern Beaches
Supporter By: Pittwater Council
Guest Speaker - Marie Dayton. Marie has worked with Mother Teresa, has held leadership positions in education and youth affairs, and currently holds leadership positions in national and global public and non-government organisations. She will speak about her 'life journey'.
The Pittwater Woman of the Year will also be announced by MP for Pittwater, Rob Stokes.
Date: Tuesday March 9th 2010
Time: 7 AM - 9 AM
Location: Mona Vale Golf Club, Golf Avenue, Mona Vale
Cost: $32
For more information or to request a flyer and booking form e-mail pittwateriwdbreakfast@gmail.com.
Zonta International District 24 presents Honorary Member Gemma Sisia
Hosted by District Governor Olivia Sarah-Le Lacheur and District Governor -elect Carolyn Evans
Host: Hon. Richard Torbay
Speaker: Born in Guyra, northern NSW, Gemma Sisia dedicates her time and energy to the people of Tanzania through the school of St. Judes. Fighting poverty through education is Gemma's mission and her story will inspire you. In 2009, Zonta International District 24, recognised Gemma's contribution via an Honorary Membership. For more information about Gemma and St. Judes, visit www.schoolofstjude.co.tz
Date: Tuesday, March 9th 2010
Time: 6PM
Location: Speaker's Garden, NSW Parliament House
Cost: $30 per person (finger food and alcoholic beverages will be served)
RSVP: March 2nd, 2010
To reserve your place, please email Ann Selle at annselle@ozemail.com.au and advise numbers and your preferred payment method: cheque (made payable to Zonta Club of Botany Bay) posted with your name, contact details and the number of tickets you require to PO Box 3030, Blakehurst NSW 2221, via direct credit - BSB # 032-003 (Westpac) acct # 25-7860 Zonta Club of Botany Bay (note "IWD'' and your name). Alternatively you can phone Ann on 0439 468 450
Liverpool Plains Shire Council International Women's Day Dinner
Guests will be treated to a two course meal and two guest speakers - former olympian Lisa Forrest and 2009 Quirindi Showgirl Miss Keiran Jacobs. Purple Ribbons will be available for sale at the door.
Date: Wednesday March 10th 2010
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Quirindi RSL Club, Station Street Quirindi
For more information please e-mail Belinda Eykamp at belinda.eykamp@lpsc.nsw.gov.au.
Bankstown International Women's Day Free Breakfast
Hosted By Bankstown City Council
Come along for a free breakfast to celebrate International Women's Day. Breakfast is from 7 AM till 8:30 AM and will be followed by a free Gentle Wellness Exercise Session until 9:30 AM. Wear comfortable clothing and bring a towel. Free hand massages will also be available on the day. Free childcare is available but bookings are essential.
Date: Tuesday March 16th 2010
Time: 7 AM - 9:30 AM
Location: Bankstown Town Hall, Corner Chapel and Rickard Roads, Bankstown
For more information and to RSVP please call Natasha Williams on (02) 9707 9637.
Wearing Your Culture to Work - The Australian Businesswoman in a Hijab
Hosted by Business & Professional Women (BPW) - Sydney Club
Speakers: Dr. Angeline Low and Dr. Christina Ho
No-one make a fuss when the Queen sports one from Hermes! But Muslim women and the kind of traditional headscarf many of them wear over their hair, neck and shoulders have been subject to public scrutiny in recent years. And despite decades of debate in Australia about race and belonging, for Muslim women the conversation rarely progresses beyond narrow, provocative comments about their personal choices and Islamic religious, or sharia law. Not at BPW Sydney. Members and their guests are invited to consider the Australian businesswoman in a hijab at our next meeting on Tuesday 16 March, in line with International Women's Day earlier in the month. Hear from two leading academics on the issue, Dr Angeline Low and Dr Christina Ho from the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) who will provide an informed introduction to this hot topic and lead a lively discussion afterwards.
Date: Tuesday March 16th 2010
Time: 6PM
Location: Menzies Hotel, Level 1 (Canberra Room), 14 Carrington Street, Sydney
For more information please email sydney@bpw.com.au or visit www.wearingyourculturetowork.eventbrite.com
Empowering Women
The 4th consecutive year that IWD has been celebrated on Norfolk Island. An opportunity for women to mingle, talk and listen to each other. One international and one local guest speaker.
Date: Monday 8th March
Time: 7am - 8:30am
Location: TBC
Mon Vale Library Inernational Women's Day Seminar
This seminar will present ideas on what women can do to improve their current and future savings and to achieve lifestyle goals. A local female financial planner will talk about investing, superannuation and preparing for your future.
Date: Monday 8th March
Time: 6.30pm
Location: Mona Vale Library, 1 Park St Mona Vale
For more information please contact Sharelle Ravenscroft at the Mona Vale Library on 0411 095 320
Abolishing Poverty - The Human Rights Priority
Professor Muhammad Yanus, founder of the Grameen Bank who will talk on 'Abolishing Poverty – The Human Rights Priority'
Prof Muhammad Yunus established the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh in 1983, fueled by the belief that credit is a fundamental human right. His objective was to help poor people escape from poverty by providing loans on terms suitable to them and by teaching them a few sound financial principles so they could help themselves. MC Mary Kostakidis.
Date: Monday March 8th
Time: 5pm-6.15pm
Location: Wesley Conference Centre, 220 Pitt St, Sydney
RSVP: Friday 26th February, csi@unsw.edu.au
Celebrating IWD Breakfast
Breakfast with members of the Albury Wodonga Women's Business Network to celebrate IWD 2010 and raise money for projects under the Empowering Women to End Poverty by 2015.
Date: Saturday 6th March
Time: 8am
Location: La Maison Cafe, Gateway Village, Wodonga
For more information please contact Greta on 0400964020
IWD Morning Tea
A fun morning tea with auction, games and more.
Date: Monday 8th March
Time: 11am
Location: Level 3, Block J, See St, Meadowbank NSW 2114.
For more information please contact sue.ellyard@tafensw.edu.au
Take Action
Hosted by Sydney Iranian Women's Group
Join us to celebrarte International Women's Day. The Sydney Iranian Womens Group will be making a stand on 8th March. Please join us for our 2010 fundraising campaign and to support the cause and defend human rights for the women of Iran.
Date: Monday 8th March
Time: 3pm - 6pm
Location: Martin Place, Sydney
For more information contact Silva on 0424 176 917
North Sydney Girls High School IWD
The NSGHS SRC have organised this event to support IWD. Selling ballons and other goods to raise money for this great cause.
Date: Tuesday 9th March
Location: North Sydney Girls High School
Time: 9am - 3pm
