International Women's Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. Significant activity is witnessed worldwide as groups come together to celebrate women's achievements or rally for women's equality. We'd love you to join us and our partners, Queensland International Development Network at our Brisbane event!
Marked annually on March 8th, International Women's Day (IWD) is one of the most important days of the year to:
celebrate women's achievements
raise awareness about women's equality
lobby for accelerated gender parity
This year’s theme highlights the role that innovative, transformative ideas, inclusive technologies and accessible education in the digital age can play in combatting discrimination and marginalisation and so achieve gender equality and empowering all women and girls, combatting discrimination and the marginalisation of women globally.
To reach a gender-equal future, we must crack the cultural, economic, and social codes and disrupt entrenched and outdated ideas about the place of women in society.
Speakers
Rebecca McDonald
Rebecca McDonald is an award-winning global authority on the connection between technology and education for low-connectivity environments worldwide.
Based in Australia, Rebecca leads a dynamic, diverse, and committed team of literacy advocates, authors, technologists, and development specialists focused on supplying digital books and educational products for millions of children missing out on quality education.
As Founder of the not-for-profit Library For All, now part of Save the Children Australia, Rebecca engages an international network of advocates, program offices, and strategic partners to deliver innovative multilingual ed-tech software and hardware to the world’s vulnerable children.
Rebecca’s expertise spans technology-based educational tools for remote communities, Software as a Service (SaaS) product development, digital-first publishing and distribution of illustrated children’s books, and strategic planning for Save the Children’s global technology and development initiatives.
A humanitarian at heart, Rebecca dedicates her life to the belief that reading is a basic human right, disrupting industry and educational norms to move books, knowledge, and opportunity into the hands of today’s children and tomorrow’s leaders.