Join us for our 14th annual Mayoral Breakfast to celebrate International Women’s Day.
International Women’s Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. In 2025 IWD is commemorating 30 years since the United Nation’s Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action for achieving gender equality.
Our annual International Women’s Day Breakfast will be held at the Clocktower Centre on Friday, 7 March. Feast on delicious food, take part in a silent fundraising auction, and witness a panel discussion featuring local women making a difference in the Moonee Valley community in support of the 2025 campaign; #MarchForward. The panellists are:
Judy Maddigan, First female Speaker of the House, Victorian Parliament
Judy worked as a librarian and local Essendon Councillor before entering state parliament as a Labor Party member in 1996. In 2003, she became the first female Speaker of the Legislative Assembly in Victoria. Judy has been active in a number of community groups, committees and campaigns. She was strongly involved in the ‘Defend Public Libraries’ campaign during the 1990s, has chaired the Women’s Advertising Project looking at the portrayal of women in outdoor advertising, and was also the Interim Chair of Women inmates Speaking Aloud, a self help group assisting women prisoners after their release.
Julie Kun, Acting CEO, Women with Disabilities Victoria
Julie is a board member and consultant that centres intersectional practice and social justice. As Acting CEO Women with Disabilities Victoria, she works to ensure women and gender diverse people with dsiabilities are safe, respected and have decision making power in their own lives. Previously, Julie was CEO of WIRE for over 10 years. WIRE is a general service for women looking for advice on a range of topics, including family violence, financial abuse, and housing.
Ifrin Fittock, CEO Sisterworks
After a 23-year career in management consulting, Ifrin joined SisterWorks in 2021. Originally from Indonesia, with Chinese parents, she has lived experience of migration. SisterWorks offers vocational programs and life skills courses for women of migrant and refugee backgrounds throughout Victoria. SisterWorks has supported over 3000 women from over 105 countries of origin since 2013. More than 800 of those women have earnt income through SisterWorks. A SisterWorks shop and cafe are located in Richmond, along with a Springvale Manufacturing Hub and Empowerment Hubs in Dandenong and Abbotsford. Their work reaches communities in the Moonee Valley municipality.
Joshua Smith, Board member, No to Violence
Josh is a Dunghutti man from the Macleay Valley and Coast in NSW. He has worked as a solicitor for the NSW Crown Solicitors Office and at the Victorian Aboriginal Legal service. He has held various executive positions within the Victorian public service across Aboriginal affairs, family violence, health, human services and justice portfolios. As a former head of Aboriginal Victoria, Josh played a leading role in the development and passing of Victoria’s first treaty legislation. He is a board member of No To Violence, the largest peak body in Australia for organisations and individuals who work with men to end family violence.
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