IWD 2025 March Forward: Putting Women on the Agenda

March Forward: Putting Women on the Agenda - Featuring Nina Funnell & Victoria Laurie

It’s time to turn promises into progress.

Celebrate International Women's Day and join us for an opportunity to engage in critical discussions about women’s issues and strategies for advocacy with multi-Walkley award winning investigative journalist, author, and sexual assault survivor advocate Nina Funnell in conversation with award-winning journalist Victoria Laurie.

Date: 28 February 2025

Location: State Library Theatre, Perth

Time: 8.30am: Tea, coffee and networking
      9.00am-10.30am: Q&A panel

What to Expect:

• Dynamic discussions on how to elevate women’s issues and drive meaningful change.
• Opportunities to ask questions and share your perspective.
• Networking with advocates, leaders, and change-makers.

Be part of the conversation as we work together to raise the profile of women and set the agenda for a more inclusive future.

Speakers:

Nina Funnell is a multi-Walkley award winning investigative journalist, author, and sexual assault survivor advocate who was responsible for spearheading the #LetHerSpeak campaign to reform sexual assault victim gag-laws across Australia. The foundational case study of the campaign- Grace Tame - went on to become Australian of the Year 2021 for her bravery in fronting the media component of the campaign. 

In 2023, Nina created and led the #JusticeShouldntHurt campaign, to expand the Child Sexual Offence Evidence program across the state of NSW. In direct response, three months later the NSW Premier committed an extra $64.3 million funding to expand the CSOE program to all NSW district courts, to help reduce court trauma for CSA survivors.  

Nina is the recipient of a United Nations Media Australia award, an Australian Human Rights Commission Community (Individual) Award, two Kennedy awards, and four Walkley awards for her ground breaking reporting on sexual violence. She has been named overall Woman of the Year (2021) and Journalist of the Year (2019, 2021, and 2023) at the B&T Women in Media Awards. She is a proud ambassador for Full Stop Australia and a current director of End Rape On Campus Australia, and Rape & Sexual Assault Research & Advocacy. 

Victoria Laurie is an award-winning journalist for several national publications and has a strong interest in social issues. She is a founder of Women in Media, a national not-for-profit organisation.