Movie-screening, speaker to celebrate International Womens Day
A free screening of the newly released film The Suffragettes, alongside the opportunity to listen to a key speaker, will be the highlight of International Womens Day (IWD) celebrations in Orange this year.
The screening will be held on Tuesday 8 March 2016 (5.45 pm for 6.30pm movie) at the Odeon Cinema, 43 William Street Orange.
The free movie screening will be made possible by funding from ClubsGRANTS NSW and Orange City Council.
As well as drinks and finger food, the event will include a presentation from a local woman working in a predominantly male-dominated environment.
Orange City Council’s Services Committee Chair Cr Ron Gander said the event will be a good way to acknowledge the history of International Women’s Day.
“Australian society has come a long way since the days early last century when International Women’s Day was first conceived,” Cr Ron Gander said. “I’m told this is a fantastic movie which captures the atmosphere and turmoil of the times in England when the first group of women began to agitate for the right to vote.”
“Despite the progress that’s been made since then, there can be still a significant gap in the way men and women are treated.”
The official theme for this year’s International Womens’ Day (IWD) is ‘Pledge for Parity’.
The IWD website encourages men and women to take the pledge to help achieve equality and fairness on the basis of gender parity more quickly.
Everyone can take a part in pledging to:
- help women and girls achieve their ambitions,
- call for gender-balanced leadership, respect and value difference,
- develop more inclusive and flexible cultures and
- eliminate workplace bias.
See more information about the Pledge for Parity at:
www.internationalwomensday.com/Pledge-For-Parity
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