Women's Network Dinner

About the event

The 2022 Women's Network Dinner will be held on Thursday 4 August at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Brunton Avenue, Richmond. Further details will be made available soon.

Last year's dinner was replaced with the Women's Virtual Event held on Thursday 25 November.

The event featured two guest speakers with delegates joining asking questions at the end of their presentations. The winners of the 2020 and the 2021 Sally Isaac Memorial Scholarship Fund Award were announced afterwards.

Women's Virtual Event Guest Speakers

Dr Niki Vincent is the Victorian Public Sector Commissioner for Gender Equality, she oversees implementation of the Gender Equality Act 2020, which sets out mandatory reporting and obligations for 300-plus public sector workplaces covering 11 per cent of Victoria’s workforce. Dr Vincent will speak about consulting with public organisations on reporting sexual harassment incidents and how Councils can work towards providing safer workplaces, particularly considering the findings of the Victorian Auditor-General’s Office Sexual Harassment in Local Government report of 2020.

Keely Walsh is a Clinical Social Worker specialising in an advanced trauma-informed approach and integrated therapeutic methods to achieve holistic wellbeing. As a social worker who has spent the eight years helping women who have experienced sexual assault, Ms Walsh will provide her perspective on speaking out and what can be done to create a culture of acceptance and empowerment.

Registrations for this event have now closed. Please email [email protected] should you have any queries.

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