5QQ with Nina Funnell – 2021 She Leads Conference
1 July 2021
The She Leads Conference is back! This time it’s being held at Kambri at the ANU on Friday 23 July. The She Lead Conference is our biggest leadership event of the year, providing emerging and established women and non-binary leaders with the opportunity to develop their practical skills, knowledge and networks to accelerate their leadership journey. This year’s Conference theme is POWER! […]
5QQ with Dr Mehreen Faruqi – 2021 She Leads Conference
1 July 2021
The She Leads Conference is back! This time it’s being held at Kambri at the ANU on Friday 23 July. The She Lead Conference is our biggest leadership event of the year, providing emerging and established women and non-binary leaders with the opportunity to develop their practical skills, knowledge and networks to accelerate their leadership journey. This year’s Conference theme is POWER! […]
5QQ with Amy Thunig – 2021 She Leads Conference
1 July 2021
The She Leads Conference is back! This time it’s being held at Kambri at the ANU on Friday 23 July. The She Lead Conference is our biggest leadership event of the year, providing emerging and established women and non-binary leaders with the opportunity to develop their practical skills, knowledge and networks to accelerate their leadership journey. This year’s Conference theme is POWER! What it’s […]
Helping us build up the Canberra community – 2021 Great Ydeas Innovation Breakfast
30 April 2021
On Thursday, 29 April, YWCA Canberra was joined by over 130 people at the Ainslie Football Club for our annual Great Ydeas Innovation Breakfast. The fundraising event, which provided an opportunity for members, supporters and partners to come together to show their support for YWCA Canberra’s housing initiatives, also presented us withwas also an the opportunity to showcase our 2021 Great Ydeas Small Grant recipients […]
Is it time to talk Social Impact Investing in housing affordability?
29 March 2021
As hundreds of thousands of families wait for social and public housing nationally and many more are in private rental stress, it is unwelcome news that housing affordability is worsening. As the levers and motivation of government to intervene in the affordability dynamic diminish, there is urgency to look towards alternative models of lifting housing […]
The power of the hashtags and the impact of digital activism
29 March 2021
You might have come across hashtag campaigns on Twitter. They have been used in charity campaigns such as the #ALSIceBucketChallenge, by mass civil rights movement such as #BlackLivesMatter, and even in our work such as our #Towards2024 election platform. Hashtags hold the power to amplify voices, galvanise communities, boost readership and rally for real systemic […]
Let’s talk superannuation and financial literacy with Katherine Spitzkowsky
29 March 2021
Katherine Spitzkowsky is a financial advisor and committee member of Women in Super. She participated in our International Women’s Day panel and agreed to be interviewed as part of our YAction interview series. You can listen to the panel conversation from our International Women’s Day event which features Katherine, Helen Dalley-Fisher and Kat Reed at […]
#March4Justice – More of the same or a real tipping point?
29 March 2021
As long-time observers and participants of women’s political advocacy and outrage, many of us have seen expressions like ‘momentous’ or ‘tipping point’ used to characterise a moment that we believed would be the impetus required to change the course of women’s lives for the better. These labels have often followed events that fall on either […]
Five quick questions with Isabel Mudford
2 March 2021
In anticipation for our upcoming In Conversation with Dr Clara Tuck Meng Soo, the She Leads team sat down with PhD candidate and queer policy specialist Isabel Mudford, who has a breadth of experiences, ranging from work in social research to law reform in the ACT, including now advising the ACT Greens in social inclusion […]
2020, celebrating a year of women and girls in science
11 February 2021
2020 was a difficult year, to say the least, but while it certainly had its challenges, it was also a time of extraordinary achievements for women thinkers, leaders and activists around the world. Today on International Day of Women and Girls in Science we wanted to pay respect to just a few incredible girls and women who have made remarkable gains in the world of […]