NATIONAL CONGRESS OF WOMEN
How can women rising transform our response to climate change?
A call to the women of Australia ...
The National Congress of Women is an initiative of the Women’s Climate Congress to lead a women’s movement for collaborative action on climate change and to restore care for the Earth and nurture of life to the centre of all our action on climate.
With the overarching theme ‘How can women rising transform our response to climate change?’, the National Congress of Women (NCW) initiative has been held in three stages:
Two 1-day online events explored the themes of
These were followed by our major 2-day event in Canberra on 11-12 September 2022:
RENEWAL — How can we save the Earth for ourselves and future generations?
Albert Hall, 100 Commonwealth Avenue, Yarralumla, Canberra (and online)
For recordings, reports and photos of the National Congress of Women events see Recordings and Reports.
The National Congress has provided a unique opportunity for women, in all our diversity, to participate in building a nonpartisan women’s movement for change on the urgent global issue of climate change, and to bring women's voices to a Women's Charter for Change.
The National Congress of Women is an initiative of the Women’s Climate Congress to lead a women’s movement for collaborative action on climate change and to restore care for the Earth and nurture of life to the centre of all our action on climate.
With the overarching theme ‘How can women rising transform our response to climate change?’, the National Congress of Women (NCW) initiative has been held in three stages:
Two 1-day online events explored the themes of
- Women Rising! Why Women? Why Now? (November 2021), and
- Weaving — How can we work together across difference to restore climate balance? (April 2022)
These were followed by our major 2-day event in Canberra on 11-12 September 2022:
RENEWAL — How can we save the Earth for ourselves and future generations?
Albert Hall, 100 Commonwealth Avenue, Yarralumla, Canberra (and online)
For recordings, reports and photos of the National Congress of Women events see Recordings and Reports.
The National Congress has provided a unique opportunity for women, in all our diversity, to participate in building a nonpartisan women’s movement for change on the urgent global issue of climate change, and to bring women's voices to a Women's Charter for Change.
Pre-congress conversations
To further increase the momentum for the main events of the National Congress, we have also held a series of conversations with women from all over Australia hosted by members of the Women's Climate Congress. See Weaving the Threads Together
To further increase the momentum for the main events of the National Congress, we have also held a series of conversations with women from all over Australia hosted by members of the Women's Climate Congress. See Weaving the Threads Together
Banner artwork: Sally Blake, 'Interconnected', 2020. Mexican amate paper, plant-dye wool, linen and silk. 240 x 120 cm. Interconnected explores the connections between all living things.
Sally Blake is a Canberra artist and a member of our 'Integrating the arts' circle.
Sally Blake is a Canberra artist and a member of our 'Integrating the arts' circle.
Women's Climate Congress Ltd, 2021
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