Elsie Lange
This year’s International Women’s Day theme was ‘break the bias’, and Sunbury Women in Business want to do just that.
The organisation’s primary goal is to better connect women in business in Sunbury and what better way to bring people together than over a bit of high tea?
With mocktails, treats, conversational icebreakers and a chance to listen to powerful speakers, their International Women’s Day event on Tuesday, March 8 was a great success.
Committee member and director of Preface Films Rochelle Morris said coming together on International Women’s Day was “an opportunity to celebrate women”.
“Women face different issues and that’s not necessarily to discount men, because the climate and the world is changing so much,” Ms Morris said.
“But as women, coming together on International Women’s Day means that we can celebrate being who we are.
“With the theme of breaking the bias – we experience it even as a small business – women tend to be pigeon-holed as being the people who do things that are domestic,” she said.
The day included talks from important local voices, including Melissa Collins from Women’s Health in the North, secretary of Sunbury Aboriginal Corporation Raquel Stewart and Chantelle Marshall from Indie College Sunbury.
Ms Morris said the organisation encourages all women, not just business owners, to reach out and network with each other through Sunbury Women in Business.
“I’m really pleased that we were able to celebrate and celebrate well,” Ms Morris said.
