Sharing some of the pictures taken with the amazing 8 Young Women who spent the week here in Canberra at the start of March with the team ...
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| Young Women's Lobby Group celebrating IWD 2012 |
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| Lobby Day at Parliament House 2012 |
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| The Logistics HQ |
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Celebrating IWD 2012 & Lobbying at Parliament
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Happy International Women's Day
Celebrating International Women's Day by Connecting Girls, Inspiring Futures ....
The NIRWA Team
Friday, March 2, 2012
The focus this week; The Convention & The Roundtable Discussions
Through meeting with the Politicians it is hoped that firstly that the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of all Migrant Workers and their Families (the Convention) is placed on the political agenda, secondly that the Convention is ratified and finally it provides an opportunity to introduce the Australian Immigrant and Refugee Women`s Alliance (AIRWA) to the politicians.
Through holding a roundtable AIRWA hopes to introduce the young women to the political process, provide a platform for young women's migrant issues and enabling the politicians an opportunity to outline their party’s policy. Enabling the politicians a platform to discuss their policies will see if there is a gap between policy and reality, and in turn ratify that gap.
The AIRWA Team
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Introducing Elizabeth
We'd love to introduce you to Elizabeth. Elizabeth is joining us from Western Australia and is taking part in this week's training, lobbying and networking.
Elizabeth is originally from South Sudan. She migrated to Australia in 1998 at the age of ten after living in Egypt for four years. After completing year 12 Higher School Certificate in Sydney, Elizabeth and her family migrated to Perth where she began and completed B Social Science at Edith Cowan University, with a double major in Community and Welfare and Women’s Studies.
With a strong passion for human rights, Elizabeth began her studies in Master of Human Rights at Curtin University WA where she is now completing her last year of the course.
Elizabeth is involved in the community as the Chairperson of the Sudanese Australian Youth Association in WA (SAYAWA) Inc. SAYAWA Inc. is an association made of twelve volunteer youth. The aim of the association is to act as a uniting body among the various groups in the community, engage young people through music, art and sporting programs, while also being the voice for the youth in the community.
Elizabeth has also been involved in a number of forums and conferences advocating for the rights of young people. In 2011, Elizabeth attended the 2011 Refugee Conference in Sydney where she advocated for the issues affecting young people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds as a participant and presenter at the Youth Forum and the Women’s Dialogue. Elizabeth has also been a part of the African Studies of Australasia and the Pacific where she attended the ‘Africa 2011’ conference, presenting her first independent research paper on the issues concerning peace and development in the newly formed nation of South Sudan.
Elizabeth has always been involved in volunteering initiatives with organisations such as Amnesty International, particularly on the Stop Violence Against Women campaign, to learn more about human rights and to try and make a difference in the community. She hopes that the knowledge she gains from her studies and experience in working with the community would prepare her for the social justice work she hopes to do in the future in her home country of South Sudan. She believes that education is the channel from which to challenge inequalities and the entrenched cycle of poverty and so dreams of opening up schools, particularly for girls in South Sudan to bring about the change that is so needed in the newly formed nation.
Welcome Elizabeth!
The NIRWA Team
Elizabeth is originally from South Sudan. She migrated to Australia in 1998 at the age of ten after living in Egypt for four years. After completing year 12 Higher School Certificate in Sydney, Elizabeth and her family migrated to Perth where she began and completed B Social Science at Edith Cowan University, with a double major in Community and Welfare and Women’s Studies.
With a strong passion for human rights, Elizabeth began her studies in Master of Human Rights at Curtin University WA where she is now completing her last year of the course.
Elizabeth is involved in the community as the Chairperson of the Sudanese Australian Youth Association in WA (SAYAWA) Inc. SAYAWA Inc. is an association made of twelve volunteer youth. The aim of the association is to act as a uniting body among the various groups in the community, engage young people through music, art and sporting programs, while also being the voice for the youth in the community.
Elizabeth has also been involved in a number of forums and conferences advocating for the rights of young people. In 2011, Elizabeth attended the 2011 Refugee Conference in Sydney where she advocated for the issues affecting young people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds as a participant and presenter at the Youth Forum and the Women’s Dialogue. Elizabeth has also been a part of the African Studies of Australasia and the Pacific where she attended the ‘Africa 2011’ conference, presenting her first independent research paper on the issues concerning peace and development in the newly formed nation of South Sudan.
Elizabeth has always been involved in volunteering initiatives with organisations such as Amnesty International, particularly on the Stop Violence Against Women campaign, to learn more about human rights and to try and make a difference in the community. She hopes that the knowledge she gains from her studies and experience in working with the community would prepare her for the social justice work she hopes to do in the future in her home country of South Sudan. She believes that education is the channel from which to challenge inequalities and the entrenched cycle of poverty and so dreams of opening up schools, particularly for girls in South Sudan to bring about the change that is so needed in the newly formed nation.
Welcome Elizabeth!
The NIRWA Team
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