Future Women and Witchery are again proud to honour the voices of Australia’s First Nations women this International Women’s Day.

Join us on Thursday, 4 March 2021, for a meaningful discussion and two-course breakfast in a spectacular setting right on Sydney Harbour to hear from a panel who will inspire, challenge, and move the conversation forward about gender equality in a COVID-19 world.

The event will be held at Cafe Sydney and hosted by proud
Dunghutti/Yuin woman and Director of the Australian Indigenous
Education Foundation, Emily Hill.

MEET THE SPEAKERS

PROFESSOR MEGAN DAVIS, Constitutional Lawyer and Educator
The Pro Vice Chancellor Indigenous of UNSW is also the Acting Commissioner
of the NSW Land and Environment Court and was recently appointed the Balnaves Chair in Constitutional Law. A proud Cobble Cobble woman from Queensland, Megan was the first Indigenous Australian to serve on a UN body,
and currently serves as vice-chair of the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Among many other high-profile roles, she is also a commissioner on the Australian Rugby
League Commission.

TEELA REID, Lawyer and Activist
Proud Wiradjuri and Wailwan woman Teela is a criminal defence lawyer, a tireless advocate for constitutional change and human rights, and a marathoner. The many firsts to her credit include being the first Aboriginal person to be elected Vice President of the UNSW Law Society.

KIRLI SAUNDERS, Writer and Artist
An award-winning poet, playwright, artist, teacher and cultural consultant, the proud Gunai woman has been named the 2020 NSW Aboriginal Woman of the Year. Kirli is passionate about the preservation of First Nations language and culture and the healing of intergenerational trauma, which she seeks to promote through her poetry, children’s books and plays.

The details:
Guests will enjoy a two-course sit down breakfast with tea, coffee and juice.
Arrive 7:30am for 8:00am start.
Future Women acknowledges that the first people of this area are the Gadigal people of the Eora nation and we pay our respects to the elders past, present and emerging.