IWD 2023 Event: Women Leading Climate Change Action in NW lutruwita - Tasmania - Penguin

The Event will raise awareness of and promote Tasmanian women, of all abilities & backgrounds, leading climate action, specifically the Women’s Climate Congress Charter for Change which was recently presented to Federal Parliament. The Charter calls for immediate and urgent actions to secure the climate; and more profound, transformative actions for lasting human and planetary health and wellbeing. There will be two events in the small towns of Penguin and Wynyard, each involving a short introduction to the charter, then participants will be invited to reflect how women, individually or collectively and in their local community, can lead and participate in actions aligned to the Charter. The event will empower women to develop their own artistic, cultural, social, economic or operational responses through facilitated small group sessions.The Event will be led by two Tasmania women who are active in the Women’s Climate Congress, Cheryl Durrant and Nettie Hulme. Cheryl is an experienced facilitator who is a Director of the Woman’s Climate Congress Steering Circle, and a Councillor with the Climate Council. Nettie is an experienced community services trainer & facilitator in Active Hope (deep ecology & eco-resilience) and the visual arts.

Two Mirror Events will happen on the NW Coast of Tasmania - one on Women’s Day at Wynyard (Evening on the 8th) and one on Sat 4 March day at The RESEED Centre in Penguin.  This provides different options for attendance in order to reach a larger audience.