The Symposium kicks off an entire week of activities dedicated to shining a spotlight on gender equity at Macquarie.

It’s all about celebrating the world-changing impact of Macquarie women, challenging our thinking about gender inequality, reflecting on Macquarie’s progress towards gender equity and focusing on what still needs to be done.

Other highlights of the week include:

Hidden Figures of STEM photographic exhibition

Did you know that sex chromosomes, black holes and the role of carbon dioxide in the greenhouse effect were all discoveries made by women? If you liked the Hollywood movie hit Hidden Figures, don’t miss this event which shines a light on women researchers in history whose contributions have been overlooked.

Inaugural Macquarie University International Women’s Day Lecture

Leading academic psychologist and writer Professor Cordelia Fine debunks some of our tightly-held beliefs about gender difference – it’s guaranteed to be an inspiring and thought-provoking presentation from a witty and engaging thought-leader and best-selling author of Delusions of Gender and Testosterone Rex.

Women Who Change the World – a Big Friday of Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship event

This TEDx-style lecture series and panel discussion will see female social activists and entrepreneurs take the stage to discuss their journey of becoming change makers and shed light on the power of women to make a macro-level impact.

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Second Gender Equity Summit

Show your support for gender equity and hear how staff across the University have been working hard to tackle inequality head on. You’ll learn about our progress against the commitments made in our Workplace Gender Equity Strategy and see what’s in store in 2018.

 Space is limited for most events, so visit the Gender Equity Week site to view the program and register.

And look out for next week’s special edition of This Week for an update on the Workplace Gender Equity Strategy.