International Women's Day 2023 Event

International Women’s Day 2023: “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality”

International Women’s Day is celebrated globally on March 8 each year. It provides an opportunity to come together to celebrate the social, economic, cultural, environmental, and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity.

To recognise and celebrate this important day, Diversity and Inclusion, the Women at Sydney Network, and the SAGE Program will be hosting an event that focuses on this year’s theme DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality.

We are excited to have broadcaster, columnist, and author Antionette Lattouf, delivering a keynote speech:

“There's growing criticism about International Women's Day events that speak to a certain type of women's lived experiences. More often than not, it's the domain of urban, middle-class, straight, cis-gendered and able-bodied white women. This is not to say that equality has been achieved, even by the most privileged and well-resourced women, however, when feminism isn't intersectional, Antoinette Lattouf says it's akin to white supremacy in red bottom heels.

In honouring this year's theme DigitALL, how do we ensure that the brand of feminism we champion looks after the needs of ALL women, even those who are very different to us?”

Professor Rae Cooper, Professor of Gender, Work and Employment Relations, and Director of the Gender Equality in Working Life Research Initiative, will will then facilitate a conversation with Antoinette Lattouf.

The Chancellor Belinda Hutchinson AC, and Vice-Chancellor and Principal Mark Scott AO, will be joining us to provide their reflections on why gender equity remains a strategic priority for the University and some of our recent progress and future focus.

• When: Tuesday 14 March 2023

• Time: 11AM – 12PM (followed by light lunch and refreshments)

• Where: The Great Hall (A14C), The Quadrangle, The University of Sydney, NSW, 2006

About the Keynote Speaker

Antoinette Lattouf is a multi-award-winning journalist and the co-founder of Media Diversity Australia — a not-for-profit organisation working towards increasing cultural and linguistic diversity in the media.

She’s worked in television, online and radio at Network 10. SBS, ABC and triple j. She’s been a guest commentator on ABC’s Q&A, The Drum, SBS Insight, Sky News, Network 10’s The Project, Studio10 & The Feed and writes columns for The Sydney Morning Herald, The Guardian, Womens Agenda and Mamamia.

Antoinette’s first book ‘How to Lose Friends and Influence White People’ was published by Penguin Random House in May 2022. It is a witty and approachable anti-racism guide and an honest exploration of the modern manifestations of systemic racism in Australia today, and how we, as a collective, can take steps to make change. Providing practical tools, using warmth, humour, and research to share evidence-based solutions that can be used by anyone - from a seasoned advocate who is a person of colour, through to a suburban white teenager.

In 2019, Antoinette was named among AFR’s 100 Women of Influence. In 2021 she was awarded a Women’s Agenda Leadership Award. In 2022, Antoinette became a co-host of Listnr’s daily news podcast, ‘The Briefing’. She also gave a TEDx Sydney talk titled ‘reverse discrimination doesn’t exist, but tokenism does’. She was also a Third Sector awards Influencer of the Year finalist. In peer-selected awards at her year 10 high school formal, Antoinette was awarded Most Likely to Die A Virgin.

Accessibility:

• Live Closed Captioning (CC)
• Wheelchair Accessible
• AUSLAN Interpretation

This event will also be streamed live online, to access, please select this online option when registering.

Event and Registration Enquiries

Sue-Ellen Simic | Staff Engagement Coordinator

Organisational Development, Human Resources

M +61 411 595 672

E sueellen.simic@sydney.edu.au