Blue Stocking Week South Australia

Jennifer Fane - Blue Stocking Week South Australia

This year in South Australia we've had an amazing Blue Stocking Week that is sadly coming to an end. With are largest event finished, I'd like to take a moment to share some of the highlights as well as promote our final event happening tomorrow here at Flinders University.

Last night we had a Blue Stocking Week dinner in the city where we sold out with over 70 guests in attendance. The dinner was both a celebration of Blue Stocking Week, as well as a fundraiser for the  Working Women's Centre. Our guest speaker, Heather Margrisen is a passionate speaker and tireless advocate against domestic violence who shared her experiences and work in Domestic Violence Education with us. Domestic Violence has been an important issues for the NTEU during bargaining this year and this was an opportunity to celebrate the work being done, as well as an important reminder of the work still left to do. The dinner was a fantastic success and I'd like to thank all those who came out to support our cause.

Tomorrow is our final SA Blue Stocking Week event which is a lunch held on the Flinders campus at the Scholars Lounge at 1pm. Jeannie Rae, president of the NTEU, will be chairing the event which includes our guest speaker Khadija Gbla, an outstanding and celebrated public speaker on women's issues. We hope you can join us if you're on campus tomorrow for the free event.

Finally, I would like to highlight another Blue Stocking Week initiative called We are the women of the university past, present and future where we are asking women to share their stories as women of the university. If you'd like to submit your story, or read the stories women have submitted please take a look at the NTEU Blue Stocking Week  page.

Blue Stocking Week 2014 - Jennifer Fane