Rotary is a strong and truly valued partner of Victoria Police and provides significant support to us as an organisation, especially in the area of funding and providing professional development opportunities to enhance our members’ community engagement skills. Rotary District 9800 is a major partner in the Victoria Police Leadership Mentoring Programme which also includes …
I’m a proud 3rd Generation Rotarian, but ‘with a difference’ as far as my family’s concerned. I’m their first female Rotarian! You could even say that Rotary’s well and truly in my genes, because from my late teens on, I’ve always made the most of what Rotary has to offer me. In 1988, as a …
When I was selected to be a Rotary Youth Exchange student in 2000 and to travel to Germany, I had no way of knowing how much it would alter the course of my life. But alter it, it certainly did! It wasn’t until my Dad was given a Rotary Youth Exchange application form to pass …
Over 30 years ago I was a beneficiary of Rotary’s Youth Exchange Student program. As a 17 year old in the early ‘80’s I lived with my Canadian host family for one year and went to school in Canada. That wonderful year helped give me the skills, confidence and experience that contributed to a successful …
March 2012 Message of Support from ,the Hon Mary Wooldridge, Minister for Women’s Affairs International Women’s Day is a day to reflect on the enormous progress that has been made to improve the status of women in Australia, It also serves to remind us that the quest for women’s equality is not over and that …
I started my own business almost 20 years ago at the age of 18. I’m the founder of Carman’s Fine Foods and a proud sponsor of the inaugural Women In Rotary – Womens’ International Day Breakfast 2012: “Martians & Venusians in the Work Place”. My passion for food started in 1992 when I was a …
MESSAGE FROM PRIME MINISTER JULIA GILLARD WOMEN IN ROTARY AND THE ROTARY CLUB OF ALBERT PARK INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY BREAKFAST One of the most remarkable changes over the past century has been the recognition of women's rights – an outstanding, transformative achievement in human history. It has been a successful journey but still an incomplete …
Dear Kerry, I send warmest greetings for a wonderful celebration breakfast on IWD; a day for us to join in solidarity and sisterhood to honour the achievements of women, those on whose fine and feisty shoulders we stand; those who have led our women's movement on our long road to equality, who have inspired and …
MESSAGE FROM THE DEPUTY LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION TANYA PLIBERSEK WOMEN IN ROTARY, INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY BREAKFAST It is my great pleasure to support the Women in Rotary's International Women's Day breakfast. The goal of Women in Rotary, to increase diversity in Rotary and make it more representative, is worthwhile in and of itself. But …
MESSAGE FROM FOREIGN MINISTER JULIE BISHOP WOMEN IN ROTARY, INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY BREAKFAST 2015 is a significant year for women's rights being the 20th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action - an agreement adopted by the nations of the world to advance women's rights.This year is an opportunity to celebrate the progress …