Chinese Women's Delegation Visit

Our Vice-Chair, Ms Chin Wong attending the Overseas Chinese Women's Delegation visits to China. Chin is standing just behind the Vice-President and Member of the Secretariat of the All-China Women's Federation (ACWF), Ms Meng Xiaosi.

Congratulations to Chin for being part of this first visit!

The MWA Team x

Afternoon Tea to Celebrate Women in Political Life

ACT Multicultural Women’s Advocacy (MWA) Inc in partnership with their national office the Australian Migrant and Refugee Women’s Alliance (AMaRWA) wish to celebrate women’s contribution to political and public life, as part of our commitment under the Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination against Women article numbers 27 and 37.

We are hosting the women candidates standing in the 2012 ACT Legislative Assembly election, acknowledging and paying tribute to their contribution to the wider ACT community.

Venue: Mocan & Green Grout, 19 Marcus Clarke Street, New Acton
Date: Friday, 12 October 2012
Time: 2.00pm -4.00pm
RSVP: Call (02) 62571002 or email office.admin@amarwa.org by C.O.B Friday 5 October 2012.
Please note: RSVP is a must for this event
Dress: Business Attire or Smart Casual

For any questions or enquires, please contact our office on 6257 1002 or via email: pm@multiculturalwomensadvocacy.org or office.admin@amarwa.org


The MWA Team x

Board Diversity Scholarship Program

Apply Now for the Board Diversity Scholarship Program - closing date for Applications is 5pm AEST on Thursday, 11 October 2012

The Board Diversity Scholarships are jointly funded by the Australian Government's Office for Women and the Aust

ralian Institute of Company Directors.

Seventy full fee scholarships for women will be offered, providing the opportunity to attend the Company Directors Course or Mastering the Boardroom program. Scholarship recipients also receive complimentary twelve months membership.

Only highly experienced women who are looking to develop or further extend their directorship career will be considered.

Applications will close on 5pm AEST Thursday 11 October 2012.

http://www.companydirectors.com.au/Director-Resource-Centre/Governance-and-Director-Issues/Board-Diversity/Scholarship-Program?utm_medium=Email&utm_source=ExactTarget&utm_campaign=+120919+Scholarships+Open+EOI+List

For the Love of Reading ....

We LOVE reading here at MWA and always enjoy our Book Club get togethers held each month so we were quite excited to share the upcoming Canberra Readers' Festival being held in September 2012 with you... 

So if you LOVE reading and want to get involved with the National Year of Reading, then have a look at the information and details below!

Happy Reading,

The MWA Team x

Canberra Readers’ Festival 2012

For the love of reading…

Kate Grenville - Frank Moorhouse - Anita Heiss - Hazel Edwards

Kel Robertson - Melina Marchetta

The inaugural Canberra Readers’ Festival will be a perfect day out for the many Canberrans and Australians who love to read, for aspiring authors, and,

especially, for the many passionate people who are members of book clubs in

our community.

Celebrate the National Year of Reading this Spring with this special event to

inspire and entertain, and to get people excited about books and the power

of reading.

Hear from notable Australian authors and discuss and share your views with authors and with the community.

Early bird day passes (for all sessions) start at $32 ($25 concession).

Individual session tickets also available.

More information: www.library.act.gov.au

Bookings:  6275 2700 or visit www.canberratheatrecentre.com.

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Breast Screening Reminders for Senior Women in the ACT

On June, 14th 2012 together with CMCF we co-hosted an Afternoon Tea Q&A Session Ms Amanda Bresnan MLA, ACT Greens Member for Brindabella, ACT Greens Whip as part of our Seasonal Seminar Series.

Amanda is the ACT Greens Spokesperson for Health, Transport, Disability and Housing, Ageing, Multicultural Affairs, Industrial Relations, and Corrections.

The Q&A Session covered various topics and questions relating to issues that face our Community on a daily basis.  These questions were put forward by Community members along with an open floor session at the end of the submitted question time.

The questions covered areas such as Childcare, Transport, Women's Health and Ageing just to mention a few.

One of the questions raised during the open floor session was in relation to Breast Screening reminders for Seniors and Elderly Women over 70 years of age.

During the discussions, Amanda was asked by a member of our audience to follow up on this as it is a major concern for Senior Women.

Amanda has followed this through with the Health Minister and has provided us with an response from the Health Minister in reply to the question raised, if you would like a copy of this response please contact our office.

The MWA Team x

Food Buffs ... Join us!

Calling all food buffs ... 


We are looking for some yummy winter inspired recipes to be included in our Winter Newsletter!

Winter Comfort Food Image Via: ifood.tv

Yes we do love our food here at MWA HQ and yes, we do seem to talk about food quite a bit, which is one of the reasons that we'd love to find some great recipes from you!

All you have to do is:

• Write the recipe down so that we can share it with everyone
• Explain a little bit about the dish 
• Where it comes from (it's origin)
• And if possible have a photo of the finished dish so that everyone at home can see what it looks like 

We are going to make this a regular feature on our blog and newsletter so put your thinking caps on for a Spring inspired dish to share!

Please leave a comment below if you'd like to take part.


The MWA Team x 

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"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, "I lived through this horror. 

I can take the next thing that comes along." 

You must do the thing you think you cannot do."

~ Eleanor Roosevelt

How are your 'doing' steps going?   

The MWA Team x