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2017 Edith Cowan Memorial Lecture celebrating International Women's Day

Wednesday, 08 March 2017

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The theme for this year's event is Western Australian Female Firsts. Our panel of highly successful leaders will discuss their experiences, how far we've come towards achieving gender equality and ask what has changed since Edith Dircksey Cowan's foray into the political sphere.

Joining us on the panel are:

  • The Hon. Professor Carmen Lawrence, the first female to hold the office of State Premier in Australia.
  • The Hon. Dr Elizabeth Constable, the first female Independent Member of the Western Australian Parliament and the first female to serve over 20 years in the Western Australian Parliament.
  • Dr Anne Aly MP, Australia's first woman of Arab background and first Egyptian-born Federal Member of Parliament and an ECU graduate.

ECU's Vice-Chancellor Professor Steve Chapman CBE will also join the panel as a male champion for gender equality and a Workplace Gender Equality Agency Pay Equity Ambassador. Steve is the first male Vice-Chancellor to be the only male within the team of five WA Vice-Chancellors.

The official 2017 International Women's Day campaign theme is #BeBoldForChange. Please join us and celebrate the political achievements of these three women and hear what inspired and equipped them to Be Bold For Change.

When

Wednesday, 8 March 2017
Registration from 11.40am
Panel discussion commences at 12.00pm
Networking lunch from 1.00pm - 2.00pm

Where

ECU Mount Lawley Campus
2 Bradford Street, Mount Lawley
Building 17.157 Lecture Theatre

RSVP

Online by Friday, 3 March 2017
(if not full before, as places are limited)

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