Celebrating International Women’s Day

Published on 22 February 2024

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City of Ryde celebrates women’s achievements and supports gender equality as part of International Women’s Day (IWD) in March. This year’s International Women's Day Forum theme is "Count her in: invest in women, accelerate progress", focusing on acknowledging the pivotal role women play in shaping a better future and emphasises the importance of investing in their success.

On Saturday 9 March, City of Ryde will host a free International Women's Day Forum at North Ryde School of Arts, featuring an impressive line-up of guest speakers and performers.

Prabha Nandagopol, a distinguished human rights and discrimination lawyer, will talk about "Women's Economic Advancement: the importance of Economic Independence, Sexual Harassment in the Workplace, Gender Pay Gap and Cultivating Safe, Respectful and Inclusive Workplaces."

We will also hear from Karen Pang, a remarkable well-known stage, theatre and screen actor whose credits include Playschool, Home and Away and The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart. Karen will share her thoughts on "Unleashing Potential: Defying Inhibitions, Counting Yourself In and Crafting Your Narrative".

We are also excited to have Armenian born Australian singer/songwriter Masha Mnjoyan, previous winner of The Voice Armenia and 2020 finalist of The Voice Australia, joining us to perform at the event.

Find out more and reserve your free seat to this important, inspiring and entertaining morning event at our International Women’s Day page.

As an ongoing commitment to celebrating International Women’s Day with staff at the City of Ryde, all staff have been invited to attend a workshop on 13 March about the concept of gender bias, its prevalence and the benefits of addressing it in the workplace.

The session will be facilitated by Nassim Ghosni, a structural engineer, project manager and trainer with extensive experience in public works engineering, research and innovation.

This workshop will cover the following topics:

  • Identifying common gender bias in the workplace
  • Understanding real world impacts of gender bias
  • Learning practical ways to mitigate gender bias
  • Fostering inclusive leadership.

We look forward to finding more ways to connect, celebrate, and pay tribute to women.

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