International Women's Day Canberra

Our wonderful speakers & committee members.
An afternoon full of fun & learning 🤩

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our ‘Know Your Money’ Event 💰

We hope you found it valuable ✨ & we look forwarding to seeing you at our future events.

Thank you for generously hosting us & thank you 📸 for the amazing photography.

Australia’s football hero’s take over Adelaide tonight, our financial experts take over Canberra & ANU tomorrow.

Join us 11am-1pm at Wright Hall, ANU.

Limited sign ups still available. You can register by scanning the QR code or visiting the link in our bio.

https://events.humanitix.com/unwa-canberra-chapter-presents-know-your-money-a-financial-literacy-event

Our financial literacy event is tomorrow! We hope to see you join us

https://events.humanitix.com/unwa-canberra-chapter-presents-know-your-money-a-financial-literacy-event/tickets

You have questions, and we’re bringing you the answers. Come find out how you should be managing your personal finances and building your own wealth at our ‘Know Your Money’ 💵 Financial Literacy event.

Register using the link in our bio or the QR code on page 2.

Only 1 more week until you get to see what we are planning! You can head to the link in our bio to register

Only 12 more sleeps until we have the opportunity to ‘Know Our Money’ and learn how to build financial wealth and security. 💪💰

Registrations are still open 🚨 you can sign up using the QR code.

Looking forward to seeing you there! 💜

Know your Moderator! The event is moderated by the incredible, one of our own, Dominique Narciso Kim! ⭐️

Dom brings her range of expertise and abilities to make this event one you definitely don’t want to miss out on.

Meet our Money Experts! 💴
Bringing a ‘wealth’ of experience, we are so exciting to be joined by such incredible women at our ‘Know Your Money’ Event 🎟️

We have an exciting event coming soon, and we are so keen for it.

Hope to see you all there! You can sign up using the QR code ✨

We’re so excited to introduce Ruby! 🌹

Meet Clara 🌟

Meet Clara! ✨

Meet Gisele!

Over the next few weeks we will be introducing you to our Canberra members.
Here you can read more about them and understand more about the work they do and their areas of interests. If you’re interested in joining us when applications open, this is a great window into who we
are💜

Meet Gisele! Over the next few weeks we will be introducing you to our Canberra members.

Here you can read more about them and understand more about the work they do and their areas of interests. If you’re interested in joining us when applications open, this is a great window into who we are 💜

The Canberra International Women’s Day lunch was a huge success. It was a wonderful time to celebrate the achievements of women, while acknowledging the path ahead. A huge thank you to all of our guests who came and joined the conversation 💜


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We would like to give a massive thank you to our incredible sponsors, without whom we would not have been able to pull off the event we did.

Thank you very much for your generous contributions, and for supporting women around the world.

We are so excited!! It’s only one more week until our International Women’s Day Canberra luncheon. See you there 🙌🏼💜

Have you checked out our incredible speaker line up yet?

We look forward to having you all join us on international women’s day!

Our Canberra speakers! 🎤

We look forward to hearing from them at our International Women’s Day event next Friday!

Meet Katja Henaway! Katja is one of our speakers for our International Women’s Day Event, held on 8 March 2024. 💜

Katja is a renowned business woman known for her innovative leadership and development programs for First Nations and people of colour.

Katja joins us with significant experience in some of the worlds largest organisations, and we look forward to hearing what they have to say on accelerating women’s economic development.

Introducing our first Speaker, Mereseini Rakuita, who is a gender equality champion, and was the youngest female politician to be elected to parliament in 2014.

She is currently the Pacific Community Principal Strategic Lead, driving gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls across the Pacific region.

We are honoured to have her join us all the way from Suva for this International Women’s Day.

Have you gotten your ticket yet? 🎫 Tickets are still available, and you can purchase them using the link in our bio.

Meet the UNWA Canberra Chapter 💜

In everything we do, and all we aim to achieve, we are committed to advancing gender equality and empowering women.

We work together to support the work of by raising funds for and creating awareness of UN Women’s work in the Pacific and across the world 🌏👭

We represent the wonderful community of volunteers who ecco this work to the Canberra community.

Georgia is one of the UNWA Canberra Chapter’s wonderful Co-Chairs. She is a Senior Consultant at KPMG and a final year Law/Commerce Student at the ANU. Through work for non-profit initiatives and internships, Georgia has strived to champion women’s empowerment and accelerate the progress of equality. Given the economic and social influence of the law, a particular interest of Georgia’s is the impact of law on gender equality and empowerment.

Caitlin is one of the UNWA Canberra Chapter’s wonderful Co-Chairs, and has been volunteering for for over 4 years. Caitlin is a woman in STEM, working as a Software Engineer for . She is passionate about web accessibility, working to create digital products that are more inclusive for everybody to use. Caitlin extends her advocacy and her passion for women’s rights through various public speaking opportunities, including workshops with Code Like and Girl, as a panelist for Women in Stem Leadership conference and advises on the University of Canberra Interaction Design course advisory panel as an industry specialist.

We have something new to share with you all!! IWD@Work has just launched. It is our way to get the complete workplace experience of UN Women Australia’s International Women’s Day 2024 events for all staff members. IWD@Work gives everyone in your workplace the opportunity to learn, share and celebrate IWD together.

If you think this could be a good option for your workplace, check out the link in our bio for more information!

The IWD Canberra event at the Canberra Convention Centre, is our city’s contribution to the global celebration of IWD. 🌸

This year’s theme highlights the financial inequity in the workplace and society and offers a glimpse into the economic, political and social achievements of women in 2024. This is a day to celebrate and review how far women have come in their struggle for equality, peace and development, providing an opportunity to unite, network and mobilise funds to foster meaningful change. 🌍

This year, we want you to come volunteer with us! Scan the QR Code for the sign up form ✍️

If you want to improve your financial literacy, there are some really good resources available online. Learning about how to make your money work for you and understanding how to make better financial decisions is important for your future. Here are some of our favorites!

What financial literacy content are you consuming?

International Women’s Day (IWD) Ribbon orders are now open!

If you aren’t able to make it to the IWD lunch, but still want to celebrate with your friends or colleagues you can purchase a box of IWD Ribbons to share and wear proudly on International Women’s Day.

The funds raised go to support for the world’s women and girls, and a gender equal future 💜

Check out the link in our bio for more info

As we head into the holiday season, the UNWA Canberra Chapter want to say a huge thank you for your support throughout 2023.

We are so excited for another IWD in 2024 and to host more community events! See you in the new year 🤍