International Women’s Day Mar 8

DID YOU KNOW?

Globally, women earn 24% less than men. Yet women re-invest 90% of their income back into the household. On average, women in developing countries spend 3 hours more each day on unpaid work than their partners. In the developed world, women devote  2 hours per day more than men, to unpaid tasks.

Celebrate International Women’s Day in the eLearning Room on Wednesday March 8th, 2017.  We welcome two very interesting professional women to inspire us. Dr Shaneen Fantin and Ms Belinda Allwood from POD. Bring your lunch but refreshments will be available.

Why not attempt our IWD wordsearch on our display?  Vivo points for participation!


International Women’s Day March 8

March 8th this year was a girl’s only zone in the library at first break. To celebrate International Women’s Day, we hosted a chat with Danette McLean, a Environmental Engineer and Lawyer. Danette shared slides of some of the projects she has been involved with and gave us insight into being a woman working in a hard hat industry. You can learn more about working in a hard hat by visiting the government website and viewing the video clips and other material.

We were very interested in Danette’s sustainability projects and learning about how Environmental Engineers solve practical problems. Our event attracted over 20 girls and we are thankful to Danette for helping us to celebrate the achievements of women and girls by sharing her own career with us.

Mrs Andersen and Mrs Robins made muffins and we drew two lucky door prizes – hand powerered dynamo torches. Danette handed out free rulers to promote the Engineer’s Association and encourage students to consider a career in this field. More information can be found on the International Women’s Day website, but so you don’t feel left out fellows, we are planning on finding a guest speaker to interest you.  So look forward to a “Boys Only” day in the near future.