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To commemorate our 50th anniversary, and coincide with Earth Day, a ceremony will take place on the Nedlands foreshore, to plant a tree with a plaque, on Friday 22nd April 2022, at 3.30pm, followed by free refreshments.

The Jane M. Klausman (JMK) Women in Business Scholarship program helps women pursue undergraduate and master’s degrees in business management and overcome gender barriers from the classroom to the boardroom. Application due 28 May 2022.

On Friday 25 March at 11 AM EST, join Zonta International and Zonta District 27 for a conversation how Russia’s invasion of Ukraine highlights the effects of armed conflict on civilian women. Women and children are disproportionally impacted, as millions are forced to flee for their lives, separated from their loved ones, traumatized, and targeted for exploitation and abuse. At the same time, women are also at the forefront of the humanitarian response, grassroot volunteering initiatives and advocacy.

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From: ABC News, Jane Norman, posted Monday 6 September 2021

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has conceded Australia “has a problem” with the way it treats women, describing a culture that not only excuses and justifies gender inequality but ultimately leads to violence against women.

Opening the two-day National Summit on Women’s Safety, Mr Morrison promised to be “open-minded and ambitious” and said victims and survivors would be “foundational” as the government develops the next national plan to reduce violence against women.

“Right now, too many Australian women do not feel safe and too often, they are not safe and that is not OK. There is no excuse, and sorry doesn’t cut it,” he said.

“There is still an attitude, a culture that excuses and justifies, ignores or condones gender inequality that drives ultimately violence against women, and that is on all of us.”

The Prime Minister said the collective goal was not just to reduce violence against women but to end it, describing the number of women killed by their current or former partners as a “national shame”.

“I don’t believe we can talk about women’s safety without talking about men,” he said.

“About the way some men think they own women.

“About the way women are subjected to disrespect, coercion, and violence.”

A survey of workers conducted by the Western Mine Worker’s Alliance (WMWA) shows that workers are experiencing sexual harassment in FIFO workplaces at unacceptable levels.

It is of great concern that nearly one in four female survey participants reported that they had experienced physical acts of sexual assault and two-thirds had experienced verbal sexual harassment while working in the FIFO mining industry.

Alarmingly, just four in 10 women Fl FO workers believed workers are encouraged to report sexual harassment and half believed workers are not supported through the reporting process.

WMWA’s survey shows that a significant proportion of workers are subject to a range of behaviours ranging from physical assault to unwanted sexual advances and inappropriate conversation or behaviour.

Of survey participants, 36% of women and 10% of men said they had experienced some form of sexual harassment within the last 12 months.

From:  the Western Mine Worker’s Alliance, Submission to the Western Australian Parliamentary Inquiry into sexual harassment against women in the FIFO mining industry.