HeForShe
Give a flower. Get a smile
UN Women Solidarity Movement for Gender Equality, Wednesday, 23 August, 10AM
Gender equality is everyone’s responsibility.
UN Women’s HeForShe movement is about making a change to this. But it’s not just up to women. Every gender plays an instrumental role in facilitating change. Graduate House is about inclusion. It’s about equality. That’s why our Residents have started the ‘give a flower, get a smile’ campaign. When you share a flower with someone, it’s representative of your commitment to pursuing gender equality. Make a pledge, and push for gender equality today. Learn more.
Why 23 August?
It marks the day the most influential petition organised by the Australian suffrage movement, was presented to South Australian parliament. The petition included 11,600 signatures collected within South Australia and the Northern Territory and was presented to the Parliament of South Australia on 23 August 1894. It was also presented when the 1894 Bill that led to the enfranchisement of South Australian women was read in Parliament. Women achieved full voting rights in South Australia during a time when women in Australia and throughout most of the world did not have the legal right to vote in most elections.
Give a flower, get a smile is back this year, following from its inaugural success in 2016. This year will see even more activities devoted to raising awareness for gender equality, as well as fundraising for the Royal Women’s Hospital Foundation.
Gender equality is everyone’s responsibility.
Statistics show that we still have a long way to go with gender equality. Around the world millions of girls are deprived proper education, suffer from gender discrimination, miss out on opportunities, and earn less than their male counterparts. UN Women’s HeForShe movement is about making a change to this. But it’s not just up to women. Every gender plays an instrumental role in facilitating change. Graduate House is about inclusion. It’s about equality. That’s why our Residents have started the ‘give a flower, get a smile’ campaign. When you share a flower with someone, it’s representative of your commitment to pursuing gender equality. It’s time for change because everyone’s lives matter. Make a pledge, and push for gender equality today. Learn more.
Let’s make a difference, together.
Working towards equality
When? Wednesday 23rd August at 10.00AM
Where? Graduate House, 220 Leicester Street, Carlton, VIC 3053
Bring some more flowers on the day and participate in this awareness campaign:
• 10:00AM President of The Graduate Union, Dr Ken V Loughnan AO will speak
• 10:15AM Walk around University Square
• 11:30AM – 12:15AM Panel: Multiculturalism and Gender Equality
Cupcakes will also be on sale throughout the morning.
Panel Members
Moderated by CEO and Head of College, Dr Kerry Bennett