March 11: Preventing Violence against Women and Girls in the Digital and Technological World This panel will be jointly hosted by AWAVA and WESNET at 4:30pm Downstairs, Salvation Army (221 East 52nd St, NY, NY) Speakers: Margaret Augerinos (AWAVA, WESNET) Cindy Southworth (Vice President of Development and Innovation at the US National Network to End [...]
Welcome to the latest edition of the AWAVA Weekly Round-Up. This week has seen a huge number of events and developments for women in Australia and around the world. In particular, this week marks the start of the59th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW59) in New York City! AWAVA will be [...]
AWAVA will be hosting three parallel events during the 59th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (for a quick run-down of what the CSW is, check out this video). March 11: Preventing Violence against Women and Girls in the Digital and Technological World This panel will be jointly hosted by AWAVA [...]
"When: 8 March Where: Everywhere What: International Women's Day (8 March) is a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. In some places like China, Russia, Vietnam and Bulgaria, International Women's Day is a national holiday." For more information, visit: http://www.internationalwomensday.com/
"All About Women celebrates its third year in 2015 as part of the Sydney Opera House's Ideas at the House program. It returns with a program bursting with world-class storytellers, thinkers, adventurers and legends. The festival aims to invigorate discussion on important issues and ideas that matter to women, and to bring global and Australian [...]
Check out this video of our Program Manager Sophie Hardefeldt giving you the run-down on next week's CSW 59! ----Transcript---- The Australian Women Against Violence Alliance is excited to be travelling to New York City later this week for the 59th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women. But what [...]
"Join: Ethel Falu Sigimanu and Catherine Fox to celebrate IWD: Let's not wait another 20 years to achieve gender equality When: Friday 6 March Time: 7am - 9am Where: Australian Technology Park Early Bird Ticket Prices end 30 January 2015: Corporate Table* (10 seats) $1750 Individual Ticket $95 Concession Ticket $77 *Corporate tables receieve: company [...]
"Join: Ethel Falu Sigimanu, Carmen Lawrence and Yassmin Abdel-Mageid to celebrate IWD - Let's not wait another 20 years to achieve gender equality. When: Thursday 5 March Time: 7am - 9am Where: Perth Convention Centre" For more information, visit: https://unwomen.org.au/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=177
"Join: Irene M Santiago, Mark Binskin and Virginia Haussegger to celebrate IWD - Let's not wait another 20 years to achieve gender equality. When: Thursday 5 March Time: 11.30am - 2pm Where: National Convention Centre" For more information, visit: https://unwomen.org.au/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=173
"Join: Irene M Santiago, Ethel Falu Sigimanu, and Yassmin Abdel-Mageid to celebrate IWD - Let's not wait another 20 years to achieve gender equality. When: Wednesday 4th March Time: 7am - 9am Where: Brisbane Convention Centre" For more information, visit: https://unwomen.org.au/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=175