International Women's Day

Monday 8 March, 12:30 - 2:00pm

Join Professor Lisa Keay (moderator), Professor Raina MacIntyre, Professor Anne Kelso, Kirsten Banks, Dr Melina Georgousakis and Caroline Meyer as they discuss their lives, career journeys, and their thoughts and experiences on this year's theme.

The winners of this year's Apte Scholarship will also be announced.

^{Presented by UNSW Medicine & Health}

Monday 8 March, 1:00 - 2:00pm

The world is crying out for a new model of leadership, but what is it? The Leadership documents the inaugural Homeward Bound Project and shines a light on the systemic inequities faced by women in STEMM. A panel of academics and policy makers will unpack the major themes of the documentary and discuss the challenges and rewards of implementing practices of inclusive science.

^{Presented as part of the UNSW Inclusive Science Series}

Monday 8 March, 9:00am - 4:00pm

• Football (Soccer)
• Hockey
• Table Tennis
• Tennis
• Touch
• Ultimate Frisbee

^{Organised by Arc Sport}

Tuesday 9 March, 12:00 - 1:00pm

Professor Mary-Anne Williams (Michael Crouch Chair of Innovation, School of Management) and Manal Al-Sharif (Chief Information Security Officer at UNSW Sydney) reflect on this year's theme “Women in Leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world”. They will share their expertise and experience in a conversation moderated by Professor Nick Wailes (Director, AGSM and Deputy Dean, UNSW Business School).

^{Presented by the UNSW Business School Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee}

Tuesday 9 March, 1:00 - 2:30pm

The COVID-19 pandemic has been sweeping the world for a year, and we are now beginning to recognise the longer term impacts. Increasingly, it is becoming evident that women are disproportionately bearing the brunt of social and economic impacts due to COVID-19. But there are inspiring women who are not only leaders the their fields in the COVID-19 response, but are addressing some of the inequalities experienced by women in their communities.

^{Presented by The Kirby Institute}

Friday 12 March, 6:00 - 11:00pm

As part of the 2020-21 UNSW Blues and Sports Awards Dinner, the inaugural Alex Blackwell Award celebrates contributions to the women’s sporting community inside and outside of UNSW. Alex Blackwell is a UNSW alumna who captained the Australian women's cricket team World Cup and Ashes victories. This award forms part of the UNSW Active Women Strategy.

^{Presented by UNSW Sport}

Thursday 18 March, 12:30 - 1:30pm

The UNSW Women's Wellbeing Academy launched it's first Small Project Grants Program in October 2020. Twelve inspiring, diverse projects were successful, and received $4,000 in funding to kick off their projects. Join us as we hear the from the project team winners, who will present short pitches about their projects.

^{Presented by the UNSW Women's Wellbeing Academy}

Currently on display, until 17 April | UNSW Galleries, Paddington Campus

UNSW Galleries is currently exhibiting the powerful work of two leading Australian artists. Fractures & Frequencies brings together recent works by Quandamooka artist Megan Cope, investigating listening practices and extractive industries in Australia. INFRACTIONS is a feature length video installation by Rachel O'Reilly, platforming the struggles of frontline Indigenous cultural workers against the threat of shale gas fracking.

^{Fractures & Frequencies is presented in association with Sydney Festival. INFRACTIONS is presented in partnership with the Institute of Modern Art.}

8 March – 23 May | Sir John Clancy Auditorium Foyer, Kensington Campus

This exhibition honours the career of one of UNSW’s leading alumna artists. In a lifetime dedicated to art, Pamela Griffith has established her place as one of Australia’s foremost printmakers and an accomplished landscape painter. Best-known for her abiding fascination with the natural world, she has traversed Australia to observe living creatures in their natural habitats, creating works that celebrate this continent’s unique flora, fauna and diverse eco-systems.

^{Presented by the UNSW Art Unit, Culture portfolio (UNSW Wellbeing)}

UNSW Tax Clinic offers free, independent and confidential tax advice for eligible individuals and small businesses.

For 2021 Women’s Week, they are supporting women who are experiencing financial hardship, and are unable to access tax advice and support.

^{UNSW Business School & UNSW Women’s Wellbeing Academy thank Women NSW (NSW Department of Communities & Justice) for their generous support of this initiative.}

Addressing the underrepresentation of women in entrepreneurship, New Wave offers UNSW students, staff and alumni who identify as women, at any stage of their journey, access to skills-building workshops, expert masterclasses and industry-leading mentors to form, refine and test their startup ideas

In light of the many achievements by women leaders in the IGD community, we asked Rosemary Kayess (Faculty of Law, UNSW) and Somali Cerise (Institute for Global Development) to share their reflections on what achieving a fairer future for women might look like.