Shepparton, which has the largest Afghan population in regional Victoria, has become a hub for community groups started by Hazara women to support other women still in Afghanistan.
International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day
In 2024, Women’s Health In the North will be proudly promoting the International Women’s Day (IWD) theme ‘Count Her In: Accelerating Gender Equality through Economic Empowerment’.
Flamingo Project talks equity ahead of International Women’s Day
The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day is ‘embracing equity’, and Flamingo Project founder Neha Samar will be running a social media campaign locally to raise awareness of the theme.
International Women’s Day – an evening with Jane Caro
In observance of International Women’s Day, The Women’s Collective in partnership with La Trobe University present Jane Caro, Feminist social commentator, novelist and columnist.
Afghani refugee Aleena Qazikhil supports women in making Shepparton home
Shepparton’s Aleena Qazikhil knows all about the strength of women.
As a child, she saw it in her mother who single-handedly raised Aleena and her five siblings in Afghanistan while Aleena’s father was trapped in a detention centre.
She ignited that same strength in herself when she arrived in Australia at 16 and grappled with strange new customs and a foreign tongue.
International Womens Day: 12 March 2020
The Greater Shepparton Women’s Charter Advisory Committee (GSCAC) invites everyone along to join their International Women’s Day celebration to be held on Thursday 12 March 2020 the McIntosh Centre, Shepparton.