International Women’s Day Breakfast at the National Press Club
Over 210 attendees joined us at the National Press Club to celebrate International Womens Day 2016 #Pledge for Parity on March 30th.
This IWD the emphasis is on how we can all help ensure equality by making a pledge to:
- Help women and girls achieve their ambitions
- Challenge conscious and unconscious bias
- Call for gender balanced leadership
- value women and men’s contributions equally
- create inclusive, flexible cultures
The Gender equity committee of the AIA, along with Women in Engineering (EA), The National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC), Women in spatial (SSSI), Design institute of Australia and the Australian Institute of Project Management joined forces to host this event with local guest speaker Zoe Routh presenting an energetic and inspiring talk titled “Choose: How to lead in moments that matter most.”
The ACT gender equity committee at the AIA are currently looking for new members – if you are interested in equality and the future of our profession please contact the institute, act@architecture.com.au and get involved!