UPCOMING EVENTS
We are putting the final touch to our program of events, which will take place in Longreach, Gladstone and Brisbane in 2024/25.
DAY OF THE GIRL CELEBRATIONS
Wed 30th Oct
Venue: State Library
Auditorium 2
Time: 6:00pm
Brisbane, QLD
Fri 25 Oct
Venue: QPAC
Time: 9:00am - 3:00pm
Brisbane, QLD.
WOW Schools Day '24, to be held on the 25th October is aligned with UN International Day of The Girl Child, designated in 2012 to highlight and address the many challenges girls face globally, and to promote girl’s empowerment and human rights.
This year WOW Australia will continue to partner with QPAC to host over 200 high school students in a full day of workshops, performances, and Speed Mentoring on the Wheel of Brisbane with over 200 mentors from a range of diverse fields, highlighting opportunities and inspiring diverse ambitions. A special feature of the program will again be a panel conversation with inspiring young change-makers hosted Natasha Mitchell – WOW Big Ideas for broadcast by ABC Radio National.
JUDE KELLY & GUESTS
Join WOW Australia and British Consulate General at 6pm on Wednesday 30th October for an Evening with Jude Kelly CBE. Jude is visiting Brisbane for meetings following her involvement in the Commonwealth Heads of Government (CHOGM) Future Women Forum.
Jude is one of the UK’s most powerful cultural leaders and a celebrated global champion of equality, with a particular focus on intersectional gender equity.
In 2018, she founded The WOW Foundation as a force for change. WOW began as a festival created at London’s Southbank Centre in 2010 where Jude was artistic director for 12 years.
In Her Name Longreach
15th Nov - 2nd Feb
Venue: Qantas Founders
Museum
Longreach, QLD
Women may not be highly visible in many formal positions of power, but in fact, they exercise extraordinary leadership in a myriad of ways and places throughout our State.
In this exhibition, we pay tribute to women and girls from the locations where WOW (Women of the World) Festivals have taken place over the last four years – Biloela, Cairns, Charleville, Logan, Longreach and Brisbane. Each woman featured has been identified by her community for the leadership or huge personal contribution they have made, and all have remarkable stories to tell. Photography by Cristina Bevilacqua, Tatenda Dhobha, Amy Holcombe, Katrina Lehmann, Mana Salsali and Catrina Stevens.