You are invited to an Older Women's Network NSW Event held in conjuction with the OWN NSW 2021 Annual State Conference & AGM.

Now IS the Time! Building Momentum for Change for A More Inclusive Future.

We will harness the energy and momentum of these past months and address the underlying, structural drivers of gender inequality and economic instability which have led to the shocking outcomes for older women in this country.

Our keynote speaker, Emma Dawson, will disect the issues of discrimination - especially around sexism and ageism

Join the panel discussion on Tackling Disadvantage Now & Into the Future with panelists: Moderated by OWN NSW Ambassador Caroline Baum.

Emma Dawson - Executive Director of thinktank Per Capita Australia.
Nareen Young - Professor, Indigenous Policy (Indigenous Workforce Diversity), Jumbunna Institute, UTS Sydney
Maha Abdo OAM - CEO, Muslim Women Australia
Hayley Foster - Domestic & Family Violence Advocate

We also plan to debate the issues around Voluntary Assisted Dying. The landscape in Australia has changed with 3 parliamentary inquiries finding Australia's existing end-of-life laws inadequate. Stay after lunch and hear the Hon. Elizabeth Evatt AC, Professor Dimity Pond and Andrew Denton in conversation with Caroline Baum on this subject.

We will be entertained by the OWN Theatre Group with exclusive highlights from their new show "Not Dead Yet" and the Women's Choir "The Mooncatchers" who will sing away our woes with songs of joy, life, work, loss and the universe!

Join Us!