You are warmly invited to celebrate International Women’s Day 2008.

2008: A Tipping Point for Women?

Speakers: Elizabeth Broderick and Helen Trinca

Where: Sofitel Wentworth Hotel, 61-101 Phillip Street, Sydney

When: Thursday 6 March 2008, 12noon for 12.30pm

Two outstanding speakers Elizabeth Broderick and Helen Trinca will discuss the key issues confronting women and men in today’s workforce. Elizabeth will discuss key themes emerging from her recent national ‘listening’ tour such as: equality, economic independence for women, work and family balance and freedom from discrimination and harassment. Helen will specifically consider how issues of women and work and family balance are being represented in the media. She will also provide a fascinating insight into understanding why we have been part of a revolution around work in the twenty first century.

Elizabeth Broderick is a lawyer, mentor and innovative leader, 2001/02 Telstra NSW Business Women of the Year and Australian Corporate Business Women of the Year. In 2007 she was appointed the federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner and Commissioner responsible for Age Discrimination. Prior to this Elizabeth was a partner at one of Australia’s leading law firms, Blake Dawson Waldron. Elizabeth has particular interest in issues related to the impact of the internet, women in business, work and life balance, gender equality and corporate social responsibility.

Helen Trinca is the editor of The Weekend Australian Magazine and editor-in-chief of The Australian’s WISH magazine. She was the founding editor of BOSS magazine at The Australian Financial Review and has had a long career across several media outlets. She is co-author with Catherine Fox of Better Than Sex: How a Whole Generation Got Hooked on Work (Random House, 2004).

DON’T MISS THIS SPECIAL OCCASION TO HEAR TWO AUTHORITATIVE AND INSIGHTFUL SPEAKERS ADDRESS THE CRITICAL ISSUES RELATING TO WOMEN AT WORK.

INVESTMENT

$149 per person GST inclusive.

Corporate table of 10 $1400 GST inclusive.

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Labour-Management Studies Foundation	UNIFEM Australia	Australian Institute of Management (NSW/ACT)