[Edited extract from public address]
This is the reality in modern Australia is that women are being short changed at every turn. Refuges for women and children fleeing men’s violence are chronically underfunded (and have been for decades); the gender pay gap is still hovering at 14.1%; and after a lifetime of unpaid work, Australian women are retiring with roughly 40% less super than men.
Where: Northcote Town Hall, 189 High St, Northcote
Cost: Full/Concession $25/$15. (Transaction Fees apply - $3.9 when booking online, $5 when booking over the phone or free of charge when purchasing in person at the venue)
Bookings: online through Northcote Town Hall
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Victorian Women's Trust
Email: women@vwt.org.au
Website: http://www.vwt.org.au
Doing Better by Australian Women. The future is gender equality.
Everyone in our society should have a fair go, but that’s not what our economy delivers. The reality in modern Australia is that women are being short changed at every turn.This is the reality in modern Australia is that women are being short changed at every turn. Refuges for women and children fleeing men’s violence are chronically underfunded (and have been for decades); the gender pay gap is still hovering at 14.1%; and after a lifetime of unpaid work, Australian women are retiring with roughly 40% less super than men.
“Men won't easily give up a system in which half the world's population works for next to nothing [...] precisely because that half works for so little, it may have no energy left to fight for anything else.” Marilyn WaringHear feminist economist Dr Marilyn Waring and investigative journalist Michael West talk economic justice and bold solutions. The event will be moderated by author & journalist Kerry-Anne Walsh with an introduction from VWT Executive Director Mary Crooks AO.
Where: Northcote Town Hall, 189 High St, Northcote
Cost: Full/Concession $25/$15. (Transaction Fees apply - $3.9 when booking online, $5 when booking over the phone or free of charge when purchasing in person at the venue)
Bookings: online through Northcote Town Hall
MORE:
Victorian Women's Trust
Email: women@vwt.org.au
Website: http://www.vwt.org.au