UNSW Women's Collective

Are you passionate about making change on campus?

Do you want to develop new skills while meeting like-minded strong women?

Join the Women’s Collective today and work alongside an empowering team working to make UNSW a more comfortable and welcoming place for all female-identifying students ✨🧚💃

Expressions of interest to join are now open so get in quick!

There are many positions up for grabs, so please click on the below link and apply for the one that suits you most - we even have a volunteering position with no commitments, so you can help out with the Women's Collective whenever you wish!

If you are interested in being a casual member or to stay up to date with our plans, please also join our Facebook group - UNSW Women's Collective

Application Form: https://forms.gle/Mdok1B3bvFZMekiU8

Feeling uneasy on campus? 🙁

Hey guys! My name is Dani, and I am a writer at the UNSW Women's Collective, and I'm reaching out to shine a light on the topic of insufficient campus lighting.

I would be thrilled to connect with anyone who has personal experiences or perspectives about not feeling entirely safe on campus, whether it's related to the lighting issue or any other concern.

Your valuable insights could be featured in my upcoming article for the fourth edition of Pandoras Box.

If you'd like to share your story, please don't hesitate to shoot me an email at [email protected].

‼️🚨GRAPHIC DESIGNERS AND ARTISTS WANTED🚨‼️

Have you ever wanted your graphic designs and/or art professionally published and printed? 🧑‍🎨

Have you ever wanted to gain valuable experience in creating an eye-catching magazine?📰

Have you ever wanted to contribute to a grassroots organisation advocating for women’s rights and equal treatment? 📢✨

Pandora’s Box is the Women's Collective's magazine, and we are seeking graphic designers and featured artists to make Issue 4 the most visually captivating magazine in Sydney. We are looking for unique work that is unafraid of taking risks. If you contribute to the graphic design and/or art in Issue 4, you will be considered for future lucrative opportunities.

If you wish to be a part of Issue 4, please send your expression of interest to Director of Publications Rebecca Mathews at [email protected] and include an example of your work.

Together, WE can make a difference.

WIP x WIT x WISSOC x Women’s Collective Karaoke Night

✨ D-DAY! ✨

Date: Week 8 Wednesday Night

Need to de-stress before exams?? 😓📚 Tired of paying too much for Karaoke?? 😞💸

Want to be part of the biggest 👑 WOMEN’S COLLAB OF THE CENTURY! 👑

Come to WIP x WIT x WISSOC x Women’s Collective FREE Karaoke night 🤩🤩 to sing your stress away!! Show off your incredible vocal prowess 🎤🎶 and rizz up some cool women in tech, politics and science.

All students from UNSW are free to join, so come along and unleash your inner pop sensation 🕺, Kpop idol 🪩 or rockstar 🎸 for the night!

Even if you’re not an aspiring singer, join us for a night of fun memories and FREE food and drinks 🤤😋

REGO HERE: https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLSdxgczbLgVETL.../viewform

✨Date: Week 8 Wednesday Night
📍Location: F-10 June Griffith Building M10
🕢Time: 6pm - 8pm
💸Price: FREE

UNSW NIGHT LIGHT WALK!!

Have you noticed any areas on campus where the lighting could be more effective?? Join us this Thursday 6 July at 5:30PM for a sausage sizzle and a walk around campus to identify these spots and make campus safer for us all! 💡

Please RSVP using the following link: https://forms.gle/icaxncYiT3wshSVh9

We look forward to seeing you all there🤍

🎨✨Wanna show off your artistic skills, celebrate diversity, AND meet new people?? ✨🎨

Arc's Respect Week 2023 will be held in Week 4 this term, so grab your friends and join the Women's Collective in the Quad to participate in our Canvas Painting session next Tuesday and Thursday!

Everyone is welcome, and we hope to see you all 🥰

WOMEN’S COLLECTIVE PANDORA’S BOX LAUNCH 📝 💃

Pandora’s Box is the official publication for the UNSW Women’s Collective, and aims to reveal the thoughts of women through academic, information and opinion pieces.

If this is something you’re interested in reading, visit our stall at the Quad lawn this Tuesday 11 April from 1-3pm to get a free edition of Pandora’s Box Third Edition and a goodie bag! We hope to see everybody there 🤠✨

TW: Sexual Assault

Here is a quick guide by the UNSW Women’s Collective on sexual assault, where to report, and what options are available to you.

Deciding whether or not to report sexual assault is a difficult decision, so please remember that you do not have to go through this alone and there are various support services available to you.

As always, please do not hesitate to contact the Women’s Officer Estell Mathew if you require any assistance ❤️🤍

Happy International Women’s Day to all 💓

This Wednesday 22nd February, The Survivor Hub will be holding their first MeetUp of the year!

Please see below details from The Survivor Hub.

You can RSVP through TSH website https://www.thesurvivorhub.org.au by clicking the blue box in the bottom right hand corner, and let us know if you have any issues💕🫶

📢ATTENTION TO ALL UNSW WOMEN & STUDENTS OF GENDER MINORITIES📢

If you are passionate about making change on campus, interested in justice for women, and want to surround yourself with like-minded, strong women, then I encourage you to join the Women's Collective!! ✨🧚💃

There are many positions up for grabs, so please click on the below link and apply for the one that suits you most (we even have a volunteering position with no commitments, so you can help out with the Women's Collective whenever you desire).

Deadline for the applications will be Friday 17 February 2023 at 10:00PM.

Although we acknowledge the title of the Collective is the Women’s Collective, the Women’s Collective aims to be a safe space for underrepresented gender communities in UNSW, and we are inclusive of female and non-binary students.

Apply through: https://forms.gle/28KmEG3qb7BpkpDi6

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me on [email protected]

Thank you, Estell (2023 Women's Officer)

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Unions NSW is kicking off 16 days of activism against gender-based violence next Thursday (26th of November) with a variety of speakers from 3:30PM-6:00PM. This event will also be followed by drinks and snacks!

For more information on the event and to RSVP, check out the link below 😌

https://actionnetwork.org/events/16-days-of-activism-against-gendered-violence-launch?source=np&fbclid=IwAR30bAw1Dqq07CfgRmWWwRecpKvS9vBSy_6eHV1hd5aQvUyoOzV-tkdDBOo

16 Days of Activism Against Gendered Violence Launch Join us as we kick off 16 days of activism against gender-based violence with speakers from 3:30PM-6:00PM followed by drinks and snacks. Speakers: Robyn Fortescue, Assistant State Secretary AMWU Dr Anne Summers AO Jan Primrose, Deputy Secretary, Australian Services Union NSW ACT (Services) Branch Jo...

⭐️ Are you studying graphic design and would like to be a part of something big? Let us know as we are looking for graphic designers/creative people who know how to design for our publication Pandora's Box. 🗞

⭐️ This is a great opportunity to gain some volunteering experience for your resume and to work with a team that continually looks to improve the experiences of UNSW Women on and off campus!

⭐️ Email us at [email protected] or DM us here or on our Instagram to register your interest! 📧

Hi everyone! There is a forum coming up on ‘Improving Responses to Sexual Violence: Learning from Survivors’ in Sydney on Wednesday 23 November from 5:30 - 8:30pm.

This is a chance to join survivor-advocates and experts in a future-focused discussion about what we need now, to change the world of tomorrow.

This forum is hosted by R**e & Sexual Assault Research & Advocacy (RASARA), with the cost of ticket going directly to support RASARA's ongoing work.

Improving Responses to Sexual Violence: Learning from Survivors A conversation about justice and social responses to sexual violence and reflections on actions for the future.

✨ [WoCo's Creatives Night: Introducing our creatives] ✨

Yinuo Yu

“Yinuo Yu is a Sydney-based designer currently studying at UNSW. She works across multidiscipline mediums of ceramics, jewellery and screenprint. She widely captures the motion of life to investigate the relationship between nature and human beings. Her work is profoundly inspired by natural species in regard to their unique language system and survival rules. She currently contributes to exploring the possibility of contemporary jewellery via the discussion of the emotional connection between the wearer and objects.”

Instagram: yinuo.yu

Reserve a spot for Friday the 28th of October: https://fb.me/e/2yj1qUBvC 🥰

Have you experienced any form of sexual violence or sexual harm while studying at an Australian University?

A Deakin University PhD study is conducting an online survey and an optional follow-up interview to examine student perceptions and experiences of University processes after reporting (or choosing not to report).

You can contact the researcher, Emma Gretgrix, if you have any questions and/or would like to participate in a confidential interview: [email protected]

This study has received Deakin University ethics approval: 2022-075

✨ [WoCo's Creatives Night: Introducing our creatives] ✨

Keziah Bailey [First image]

“Keziah Bailey is a designer who creates works on Gadigal Land of the Eora nation and the land of the Darug and GuriNgai peoples. Keziah specialises in Textile and Object, but has a strong passion for painting and printing. Her works explore themes of identity, sustainability, and femininity. She intends to raise questions, awareness and start conversations through her pieces.

Her works today are focused on female achievement and identity.

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Xiao Yu (Iris) [Second image]

“Xiao Yu (Iris) is a designer-maker focusing on the jewellery field, delivering wearable objects combining multidisciplinary mediums. Passionate in handcrafts, her works have always intended to explore humans’ possibilities and limits in hand-making and to revive traditional crafts from extinction into the modern era. Conceptually, Yu draws her inspiration from nature and philosophical hypotheses. 'Individual uniqueness', 'existentialism', and 'relationships' in between matters have all been key concepts in her works.

Adapting Wilson's theory, biophilia is "to develop harmonious relationships between humans and the biosphere (Wilson, 1984)." On the wearer's head, the intention was to start a mindful conversation, reminding us to listen and exchange signals from both sides, establishing a harmonious boundary through communication.

I hope these thoughts in my mind can be translated with my hands and become evocative and inspirational to others.”

Instagram: irisstilllearning

Reserve a spot for Friday the 28th of October: https://fb.me/e/2yj1qUBvC 🥰

✨ [WoCo's Creatives Night: Introducing our creatives] ✨

Tathra Difinubun [First image]

“Tathra Difinubun is an emerging artist and writer living and creating on the stolen Gadigal land of the Eora nation. She investigates themes of disruption, decolonising, and undoing through lenses of gender, race, and identity. Her work often reflects on her bi-cultural positionally as she continues to navigate the narratives, histories and archives of the non-white body within the context of White Australia. Tathra predominantly works with video and photography to construct pensive and introspective commentaries within her practice.”

Instagram: ttt6000____

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Sabrina Sangwan [Second image]

“Sabrina Sangwan is an illustrator and graphic designer working and living on the Bidjigal land of the Eora nation. Born and raised in Thailand as a multiracial child, she draws her inspiration from traditional Thai art combined with her fascination with nature's organic repeat patterns — to generate an assortment of graphic interpretations. Her works intend to be playful, encouraging viewers to appreciate the overlooked wonders of nature and allowing them to consider a different perspective.”

Instagram: sabrinasangwan

Reserve a spot for Friday the 28th of October: https://fb.me/e/2yj1qUBvC
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✨ [WoCo's Creatives Night: Introducing our creatives] ✨

Carina Cunha [First image]

“Carina Cunha is a digital creative based in Sydney, Australia. What started from a fanart-based practice, her work is predominantly digital illustration blended with a traditional base sketch in the background. Her art is a product of the observations that she makes around her, whether it's pop culture moments, personal epiphanies or a singular visual that sparks said epiphany - ensuring that her subject matters and style are constantly shifting.

Her current style has introduced complementing geometrical and organic linework, mimicking the internal thought process of the subject matter in her works."

Instagram:

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Chenxi Zhang (Hilda) [Second image]

“Chenxi Zhang is a designer, maker and thinker specialising in textile design, illustration and biomaterial explorations. Gender, identity, social and environmental issues are mentioned repeatedly on her journey of exploration. The values of thinking and reflecting through creative expression always lead her to create sustainable, responsible and thought-provoking design.”

Instagram: zavomellon

Reserve a spot for Friday the 28th of October: https://fb.me/e/2yj1qUBvC 🥰

✨ [WoCo's Creatives Night: Introducing our creatives] ✨

Aya Adel [First image]

“I listen mostly to indie/rock and musical theatre, which is the main genre I sing, along with jazz. I’ve performed in the UNSW team for the University Theatre Cup and was a singer in the band for Law Ball in 2022.”

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Brittany Bishop [Second image]

“Brittany is a multidisciplinary artist that lives and creates in Western Sydney on Darug land. Working across the mediums of ceramics, textiles and painting, she plays with themes of corporeality and representations of sexual beings. Her works aim to reconfigure the body both physically and conceptually within the discussion of po*******hy and pleasure. When creating these works, Brittany places importance upon slow making techniques, celebrating the inaccuracies of the human hand and how this allows for contemplation and mindfulness.”

Instagram: .art

Reserve a spot for Friday the 28th of October: https://fb.me/e/2yj1qUBvC 🥰

Are you a woman living in Western Sydney? If so, the organisation 'Western Sydney Women' wants to hear from you!

Their team of field researchers has designed a research project to understand the priorities and concerns of all women across Western Sydney. Your responses will help them to advocate for and represent the women of Western Sydney.

So, tell us what’s important to you and what you really, really want! It only takes 5 minutes to be part of one of the largest research projects specifically for women from Western Sydney.

You also have a chance to win 1 of 7 $50 gift vouchers!

WHAT THE WOMEN OF WESTERN SYDNEY WANT Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free.

✨[WoCo's Creatives Night: Introducing our creatives] ✨

Anna McKey [First image]

“Anna McKey is an artist and UNSW ADA student currently studying for a Master of Curating and Cultural Leadership. Primarily working with acrylic paint and soft pastels, she sees art-making as a meditative process, combining painterly and more controlled techniques in her artworks. Her subject matter includes portraits and landscapes, often using tone and colour to create mood and convey subtle emotion.”

Instagram: .art

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Aja Elshaikh [Second image]

“I mostly sing jazz and musical theatre but I listen to (almost) anything, especially if it’s from the 70s. I’ve performed at Law Ball, The Voice 2018, NUTS x MTS Cabaret, Manly Jazz Festival, and a variety of musicals (Wicked, The Little Mermaid & Beauty and the Beast).”

Reserve a spot for Friday the 28th of October: https://fb.me/e/2yj1qUBvC 🥰

🌼 WRITING SUBMISSIONS FOR PANDORA’S BOX IS OPEN 🌼

We are looking for submissions for the 3rd edition of Pandora’s Box! This is your chance to have your work published throughout our social media and website! 😌

Requirements:

🌼 Approximately 500 words on a women’s issue or achievement, or if you have something that you want to say
🌼 It can be basic, objective, controversial, or completely outrageous
🌼 Submissions due by 31 October

Please send your submissions to:
🌼 The Director of Publications Rebecca Mathews: [email protected]
🌼 CC Women’s Officer Aya Adel: [email protected]