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“WHERE: The training will be held at the Rex, 150 Northbourne Ave, Civic, Canberra

WHEN: Thursday 16 October AND Friday 17 October.

Two-day training workshop for people working with or supporting women experiencing gender-based violence.

This training focuses on the positive and negative impacts of technology on survivors of domestic and family violence, stalking, sexual violence, dating violence and abuse.

The Women’s Services Network (WESNET) is pleased to present Technology Safety Training to interested members and others working with and supporting survivors and victims of abuse and violence.

Initially developed in the US by the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV), Technology Safety Training educates service providers in the domestic and family violence sector to:

– understand HOW technologies work
– identify HOW abusers are misusing technology
– assess HOW technology use impacts women and girls experiencing violence
– discuss HOW technology can be used to help women and girls experiencing violence
– support women and girls with privacy and SAFETY PLANNING about technology and EVIDENCE COLLECTION

Technologies discussed include:

– Phones — including mobiles, caller ID and landlines
– Bluetooth
– Assistive Technology
– Spyware & Hacking Risks
– Emails & internet
– Tracking GPS
– Social media
– Photocopiers & Office technology

Who should attend:

The training is suitable for ACT agencies and services working or supporting victims and/or survivors of violence and abuse, those in the domestic/family violence or homelessness sector, police and court staff, disability workers, child protection, and policy makers and program managers in government and non-government agencies.”

For more information, visit: http://wesnet.org.au/2014/08/safetynet-training-canberra-2/

“Global Women’s Project & One Girl present

‘I Am A Girl’

The Global Women’s Project (GWP) and One Girl are excited to celebrate International Day of the Girl 2014 by screening the critically acclaimed documentary ‘I Am A Girl’. We’d love you to join us!

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Cinema Nova
380 Lygon Street
Carlton, Vic

Friday 10th October : 6:30pm

Tickets: $25/$20 Concession”

For more information, visit: http://www.trybooking.com/Booking/BookingEventSummary.aspx?eid=104566#249a

“8th, 9th & 10th October 2014

Royal on the Park
Cnr Alice & Albert Street
Brisbane QLD 4000 Australia

Forget reform. It is time to talk about abolishing prisons in society. So what’s the alternative? This puzzling question often interrupts further discussion of the prospects for abolition. Why is it so difficult to imagine alternatives to the current system of imprisonment? What about building the kind of society that doesn’t need prisons with the redistribution of power and income, and a decent sense of community that can support every member. This conference will explore and encourage discussion about abolition and alternatives to prison over three days. We look forward to your participation.

Sisters Inside’s 7th International Conference on the criminalisation of women and imprisonment will be held at Royal on the Park, Brisbane on the 8th, 9th & 10th October 2014. The conference focuses on :

Service Provision
Advocacy
Alternatives to Prisons

The ‘Is Prison Obsolete” Conference will initiate and support the development of innovative and creative responses to issues affecting women in prison throughout the world. It will provide an opportunity for individuals, organisations and governments from across the globe to come together and share information. The conference will focus on professional development opportunities for stakeholders in this specific marginalised sector.”

For more information, visit: http://www.sistersinside.com.au/conference2014.htm

“SAVE THE DATE: 10 – 12 September 2014

Homelessness Australia welcomes you to the 8th National Homelessness Conference: Homelessness: Complexities & Countermeasures.

To register your interest, and to keep up to date with conference news, visit our conference website here and complete the expression of interest form.

On behalf Homelessness Australia, we look forward to seeing you on the Gold Coast in 2014.”

For more information, visit: http://www.homelessnessaustralia.org.au/index.php/events/national-homelessness-conference/8th-national-homelessness-conference

“Millsom Henry-Waring was a creative and dynamic black feminist academic whose work spanned a range of interests, including visibility, difference, migration, identities, intimacies and new technology. This talk aims to engage with some of these issues and to show the continuing relevance and centrality of Millsom’s concerns.

‘Narratives of Varied Everyday Lives: Intersectionality, difference and family lives’
Professor Ann Phoenix
Thomas Coram Research Unit
Institute of Education, University of London

The paper focuses particularly on how intersectional differences are lived in the intimacy of family lives and practices as well as in the wider society. The paper first considers current issues related to the theorizing of intersectionality and current issues for narrative theory and research. It will then use a variety of narrative studies to consider three matters: how children negotiate experiences of living in poverty in the context of their family and peer relationships; different ways in which families marked by migration develop and live their family practices, and how difference is a crucial, but often unacknowledged part of the academy.
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Ann Phoenix is a Professor and former director of the Thomas Coram Research Unit, at the Institute of Education, University of London. Her research interests are in psychosocial studies, including motherhood, social identities, young people, racialisation and gender.
Recent funded research project areas include: boys and masculinities, young people and consumption and adult reconceptualisations of ‘non-normative’ childhoods’, particularly of serial migration, visibly ethnically mixed households and language brokering in transnational families. She has published widely in these areas, and she is currently the Principal Investigator on an ESRC-funded National Centre for Research Methods node called NOVELLA (Narratives of Varied Everyday Lives and Linked Approaches) www.novella.ac.uk, which focuses on family narratives and parenting practices and identities.
http://www.ioe.ac.uk/study/TCRU_43.html
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This is a free public lecture jointly hosted by the Faculty of Arts and the Melbourne Social Equity Institute. Please join us for reception drinks following the lecture.”

For more information, visit: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/millsom-henry-waring-memorial-lecture-tickets-12573600979

“The Equal Pay Day marks the period of extra days in the current year which women need to work to achieve the same wages that men earned during the previous financial year.

Equal Pay Day recognises how much longer women have to work to earn the same as men in one year. So, for every 12 months that men work, for example, women may have to work 15 months – and the end of that third month of the year is Equal Pay Day.

We mark this day as a way of drawing attention to the wage gap that exists in most countries between women and men. Our aim is to work towards reducing the damaging and substantial income gap between women and men, and to do this we want to encourage and motivate BPW affiliates all over the world to establish an Equal Pay Day in their own country.

Our task is to put this issue on the public agenda by raising awareness about the issue of equal pay and making ‘wages’ a more acceptable subject of discussion. Only then will our country’s leaders be moved to initiate a policy review.

In Australia
The gender pay gap is around 17% and has been for around 20 years. Hard to believe isn’t it? But it’s real.

Every year the percentage is calculated by the Australian Bureau of Statistics and is based on Average Weekly Earnings data. There’s no one cause of the gap, and no one solution. In fact most of the gap occurs because of unconscious bias. Employers don’t deliberately pay men and women differently – that is illegal; but they might recruit differently, create different position descriptions, have different expectations or promote differently depending on whether you are a male of female – without even realising it.”

For more information, visit: http://www.equalpayday.com.au/

“5pm for 5.30pm start – 7.00pm
Tuesday 2nd September 2014

The NAB Village – Open Space 700 Bourke Street, Melbourne (Docklands)http://www.nabvillage.com.au/directions

AN AFTER WORK EVENT
With light refreshments

TO REPORT BACK ON OUTCOMES OF 2013 PAY EQUITY FORUM – FOCUS ON SME SECTOR
THIS WILL INCLUDE:

1. The launch of: ‘FAMILY FRIENDLY WORKPLACES-GOOD FOR BUSINESS, GOOD FOR YOU’ A short animated video for small business

2. Introduction to ‘KNOW YOUR VALUE’ A new on line resource for women and employers.

3. Outline of WGEA small business project: “ASSISTIING SMALL BUSINESS ADDRESS WORKPLACE GENDER EQUALITY”

Register @ http://www.trybooking.com/99407

By date: 28th August 2013”

For more information, visit:  http://www.security4women.org.au/news/events/recognise-equal-pay-day-2014

“Do you ever get that feeling you need to do something around
planning for your future?
Enjoy an inspiring evening with like-minded
women whilst mapping out a plan for your life
and personal finances.

What’s included?

– Money makeover workshop

– Goalsetting

– Super & Investing

– MoneySmart Week HealthCheck

– eS4W Employment Negotiation Checklist

– Q&A panel session with local finance professionals

– A3 Life & Money Planner

– Refreshments

Who’s it for?
Ideal for women, 18-45 years although everyone’s welcome!

When:
6.45pm-8.45pm, Monday 1st Sept 2014

Where:
Captains room, Simonds Stadium Geelong

Value:
FREE! Your ticket has been funded by 10thousandgirl, eS4W and MoneySmart Week.

How to register:
Tickets available at:  www.10thousandgirl.eventbrite.com”

For more information, visit: http://www.security4women.org.au/news/events

“The United Nations Association of Australia (Victoria Division) is holding its sixth Business and Human Rights Workshop for 2014, entitled Addressing adverse human rights impacts: Managing human rights related complaints, disputes and grievances, on Monday 25 August, 2014 in Melbourne.

Facilitated by Kate Macdonald, Lecturer in the School of Social and Political Sciences at The University of Melbourne, this workshop looks into the remediation aspect of the corporate responsibility to respect human rights, as explained the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. More specifically, it seeks to provide an overview of the different remediation mechanisms available to address adverse human rights impacts, including how to assess and ensure their effectiveness.

Bringing together experts and practitioners from across business, government and civil society, the workshops provide a unique learning forum on how to integrate human rights considerations into everyday business practices, including through partnership and collaboration.

Workshop details
Date: Monday 25 August, 2014
Time: 8:30 am Registration – 9am to 12:30 pm Workshop
Venue: Hosted by Corrs Westgarth Chambers, Level 36, Bourke Place, 600 Bourke Street, Melbourne
Registration Fees:
Business/Government: $350 +GST
NGO/Academia/UNAA Members: $300 + GST
RSVP Deadline: 5pm, Thursday 21 August
Places are limited. Please register early to avoid disappointment.”

For more information, visit: http://www.unaavictoria.org.au/events/business-human-rights-workshop-addressing-adverse-human-rights-impacts

“The Graeme Schofield Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine Oration 2014

Topic:
“What Works? Strategies for preventing sexual violence”

Speaker:
Professor Rachel Jewkes
Director of the Sexual Violence Research Initiative, South Africa

Internationally recognised expert on sexual violence Professor Rachel Jewkes will discuss effective measures for the prevention of sexual violence at the Graeme Schofield Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine Oration, 2014.

Professor Jewkes is a public health physician and the Director of the Gender and Health Research Unit at the South African Research Council in Pretoria, South Africa. She is also the Secretary of the Sexual Violence Research Initiative and the Director of the global program called What works to prevent violence?

Globally a third of women and girls have experienced physical or sexual violence from an intimate partner. In some regions this prevalence is even higher.”

For more information, visit: http://www.eventbee.com/v/schofieldoration2014?ct=t%282014_Oration_VIFM_News_5_5_2014%29