Goldfields girls gathered on Friday morning to have fun Worldwide Girls’s Day at a breakfast occasion the place keynote speaker Tracy Vo inspired locals to band collectively to create change.
Hosted by the Goldfields Girls’s Well being Care Centre, the breakfast aimed to spotlight the tales of girls — each regionally and throughout the State — and the way the group can work collectively to embrace fairness.
Channel 9 presenter and keynote speaker Ms Vo stated as a toddler she skilled bullying for being “the standard nerdy Asian pupil” however had since overcome these boundaries to turn out to be a tv weekend information presenter.
“There was nearly this bizarre form of passive self-loathing pondering I wasn’t ok to get to the place I needed to be,” she stated.
“9 Community have been a beautiful, great firm to work for, for me personally, nevertheless it was very fascinating coming into it again in 2007 — it was a really male-dominated business.
“With our administration now, the entire desk that runs the nightly bulletin is run by females.”
Ms Vo stated it was by means of recognising every particular person’s strengths in management, and within the office, that extra various and accepting cultures can be shaped.
She stated occasions celebrating Worldwide Girls’s Day weren’t about tokenism, however aimed toward creating and embracing actual change.
“It’s nearly the truth that we will share these tales, but additionally spotlight some behaviour that must be stamped out as properly,” she stated.
State Authorities Minister Sabine Winton attended the occasion, and represents girls in her portfolios which embody early childhood schooling, little one safety, and the prevention of household and home violence.
She advised the gang that whereas the remedy of girls had come alongside method, there was nonetheless work to be performed.
“I’m the mom of three daughters, and one of many statistics that at all times resonates with me having three girls is once we speak about home violence, the statistics say one in three girls will likely be touched by home violence of their lifetime, “ she stated.
“These of you who’re moms to sons have simply an vital function to play in elevating males that perceive the battle that ladies have by way of fairness.
“We’re solely ever going to get wherever if we work collectively to attain the identical outcomes.”
The Goldfields Girls’s Well being Care Centre hosted a spread of occasions to mark the internationally recognised day, and stretched the celebrations out throughout final week.
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