NATIONAL CONGRESS OF WOMEN
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Who are we?
The National Congress of Women is hosted by the Women’s Climate Congress (WCC). The WCC was born at two inaugural meetings with about 45 women in Canberra early in 2020 during the smoke of the Black Summer bushfires and ( in the case of the first meeting) on the day of a massive and damaging hailstorm. Since then, the WCC has grown into a not-for-profit nonpartisan organisation with a diverse network of women members from across Australia.
We believe that it is a time for women’s leadership to shift polarised political culture towards a collaborative and cooperative approach to climate change. In our activities we model this approach and advocate for nurture of life and intergenerational equity as the foundation for climate policy.
Among our many participatory, educational and advocacy activities, the National Congress of Women is a key focus for 2021-22. Through an ambitious program spanning two 1-day online events and a 2-day inperson conference in Canberra, we are bringing a diverse group of Australian women together to develop and action a Women's Charter calling for united action on climate change to stabilise the climate in the short term, and a raft of other systemic changes and approaches to achieve a long-term sustainable and regenerative future for humans and all life on Earth.
The National Congress of Women is hosted by the Women’s Climate Congress (WCC). The WCC was born at two inaugural meetings with about 45 women in Canberra early in 2020 during the smoke of the Black Summer bushfires and ( in the case of the first meeting) on the day of a massive and damaging hailstorm. Since then, the WCC has grown into a not-for-profit nonpartisan organisation with a diverse network of women members from across Australia.
We believe that it is a time for women’s leadership to shift polarised political culture towards a collaborative and cooperative approach to climate change. In our activities we model this approach and advocate for nurture of life and intergenerational equity as the foundation for climate policy.
Among our many participatory, educational and advocacy activities, the National Congress of Women is a key focus for 2021-22. Through an ambitious program spanning two 1-day online events and a 2-day inperson conference in Canberra, we are bringing a diverse group of Australian women together to develop and action a Women's Charter calling for united action on climate change to stabilise the climate in the short term, and a raft of other systemic changes and approaches to achieve a long-term sustainable and regenerative future for humans and all life on Earth.