The pandemic has further entrenched gender inequality. Global research has shown that women’s jobs were 1.8 times more vulnerable to the pandemic than men’s jobs, with women’s jobs accounting for the majority of global job losses despite women’s employment making up less than half of global employment. Why? It’s likely because the pandemic has significantly increased the burden of unpaid care work, which is disproportionately carried out by women.

We’re going to need a proactive approach to combat this backwards step for gender equality. We need a long-term recovery policy from COVID-19 that takes into account its gendered impact. How can we do this?

The Breakfast brings together gender equity advocates across a variety of sectors to discuss the real costs of a gender-equal recovery to COVID19 and our expectations for the Victorian State Budget in 2022/2023.

We're pleased to finally announce our speaker lineup includes:

Gabrielle Williams MP, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Prevention of Family Violence and Women reflecting on State Government commitments to women and gender equity.
GEN VIC members Diana Sayed from the Australian Muslim Women's Centre for Human Rights, Dylan O'Hara from Vixen Collective, Mary Delahunty from Her Place Women's Museum and Nadia Mattiazzo from Women with Disabilities Victoria reflecting on Recovery and Resilience ahead of the Victorian State Budget in 2022/2023
Emma Dawson, CEO of think tank Per Capita, providing insight into the National economic landscape and what political parties need to be prioritising to support gender equity at the Federal Election

This event will be catered.

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Guest Speakers

Gabrielle Williams MP

Gabrielle Williams is the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Minister for Prevention of Family Violence, Minister for Women and in the Victorian Government. Gabrielle is a passionate advocate for equity and social inclusion and is proud to be a member of Victoria’s first-ever gender-equal cabinet. She is committed to driving an important reform agenda, to improve outcomes for women and families across Victoria, and to work together with our Aboriginal community on Victoria’s path to Treaty, truth and justice, to create a fairer and more equal future for all Victorians

Emma Dawson

Emma Dawson is Executive Director of Per Capita. She has worked as a researcher at Monash University and the University of Melbourne; in policy and public affairs for SBS and Telstra; and as a senior policy adviser in the Rudd and Gillard Governments. Emma has published reports, articles and opinion pieces on a wide range of public policy issues. Emma is the co-editor, with Professor Janet McCalman, of the collection of essays What happens next? Reconstructing Australia after COVID-19, published by Melbourne University Press in September 2020.

Our Budget Conversation

Facilitated By

Entsar Hamid is the chair of Gender Equity Victoria. She holds 13 years of experience in building government capability, driving operational excellence, and change and transformation with a central focus on improved stakeholder management. Entsar has held Manager and Director positions across the Department of Premier and Cabinet, the Department of Justice, and the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning. In 2018 she was the youngest awardee for the Top 50 Women in the Public Service (Vic).

With Guests

Diana Sayed is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Australian Muslim Women’s Centre for Human Rights. Diana has appeared as a regular panellist on The Drum, ABC The World, SBS, Al Jazeera, MSNBC and ABC Q&A. With a Master in International Human Rights Law, she is an expert on issues pertaining to gender equality, social justice, and human rights. She has worked as a lawyer, advocate, and campaigner for over a decade, and has the lived experience of being a visibly Muslim woman of colour in Australia, as a former refugee from Afghanistan.

Dylan O'Hara (they/them) is a sex worker and Acting Manager of Vixen. Vixen is Victoria's Peer-only Sex Worker Organisation, and the Victorian member of Scarlet Alliance, Australian Sex Workers Association. Vixen promotes the cultural, legal, human, industrial, occupational and civil rights of all sex workers, and has been leading the Victorian campaign for the full decriminalisation of sex work for many years. Dylan has been involved in the sex workers' rights movement in Australia, New Zealand and online for over a decade.

Mary Delahunty is the co-founder and chair of Her Place Women's Museum. A Gold Walkley Award-winning journalist, Mary was an international reporter for the ABC and Channel 10, Presenter of Four Corners, News and Current Affairs anchor and interviewer, the first woman to present solo prime-time News in Australia. In Government Mary was the first female Victorian Planning Minister and the longest-serving Arts Minister. Mary also served in Cabinet as Education and Women’s Minister.

Nadia Mattiazzo is the current CEO of Women with Disabilities Victoria and has been an advocate for most of her life. She is passionate about and committed to empowering women to speak up about the inequities that women with disabilities encounter. Her wish is for a world where all women are respected and have a real choice in how we experience life.

COVID-19 Safety Rules

The event is organised in accordance with COVID-19 Safe settings rules mandated by the Victorian Government. Visit https://www.coronavirus.vic.go... for more information.

Key principles and rules to keep us safe are the following:

1. All attendees are required to check in and provide proof of vaccination upon registration.

2. The breakfast set provided are individually packaged for each person. Coffee and Tea are provided in fresh cups.

3. Wearing a face mask is not mandatory however it is highly recommended.

4. Doors and windows are opened for ventilation. Hand sanitiser and alcohol wipes are supplied.

6. The venue is 148 square metres with 4.2 high ceilings. It is cleaned daily before and after every booking.