By Alice Pung 5th June, 17
Mary and I met at twelve years ago at a Footscray writing workshop organised by her daughter Wendy. Mary was the oldest person in our group, but had the uninhibited enthusiasm of a school child - the sort that was bursting to share their work, but instead of raising their hand, couldn’t help but blurt out what they needed to say. When Arnold Zable asked us to write about an object of special significance to us, Mary wrote about a hand-cranked sewing machine she called ‘The wonderful Withers Werthiem.’
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By Mary Crooks AO 2nd June, 17
Committed to increasing opportunities for women, particularly for rural women, Jean played a key role in the final deliberations to set up the Victorian Women's Trust. Part of the formal minutes of a meeting in January 1985 records that Jean had to hurriedly leave the meeting after a telephone call to inform her that her Kyneton farm was ablaze.
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By Mary Crooks AO 26th May, 17
Out of the blue some months ago, a woman unknown to me rang with the news that her mother had passed away and that she was preparing a eulogy for the funeral.
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By Ellen van Neerven 3rd April, 17
As the exhibition opening of 'Close to you: The Lisa Bellear Picture Show' draws near, guest writer Ellen van Neerven muses on the influential figures, like Bellear, who have shaped her identity as a Murri woman, as a queer woman, as a feminist.
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3rd April, 17
Feminist, activist and trail blazer Mary Owen passed away on 23 March, aged 96. A lifelong advocate for the empowerment of women, Mary made a substantial impact on the road to achieving gender equality. A celebration of Mary’s life will be held on Thursday 27 April.
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31st March, 17
Julia Gillard’s return to public life gives us a chance to reflect upon how she was treated as Australia’s first female Prime Minister, how the media responds to women calling out sexism and why we still need to do better as a nation.
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By Casimira Melican 22nd March, 17
Happy World Water Day! Our Research & Advocacy Officer and resident Aquarian Casimira Melican has written about water, feminism and activism, enjoy!
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By Maxine Beneba Clarke 7th March, 17
"The local women’s march is pink-dressed, determined, alive. The cheering chanting mass streams past the inner-Sydney sights. A bold sign centre-crowd floating up on high says: I’ll see all you nice white ladies at the next Black Lives Matter march, right?
My feminism is intersectional, or my feminism is a lie."
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By Ally Oliver-Perham 15th December, 16
A lively gathering to celebrate the life and work of Dr. Jackie Huggins AM, author, historian, teacher, and beloved community activist.
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By Ally Oliver-Perham 1st December, 16
Breakthrough (hosted by the Victorian Women’s Trust on Nov 25-26) was a giant coming together of all kinds of people and 100+ speakers to talk about the most important opportunity of our times; gender equality.
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