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See also:

• our events page for news of events we have hosted
• our advocacy page for news of meetings with MPs and other decision makers 
• our resources page for key documents explaining the Congress principles and purpose, and a resource kit for members​

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And for some inspiration on the importance of bringing women together, watch a video clip of First Nations leader Dr Mary Graham speaking about the need to rebalance our western institutions to allow full collaboration of women.

 

 

National Congress of Women — latest news
Day One of the National Congress of Women was held online on 30 November 2021 on the theme of 'Women Rising'.
See participant comments, recordi9ngs and reports from the day here.
Watch The Singing Hill video (from the opening session of Day One)

Day Two was held online on 28 April 2022 with the theme 'Weaving'. 
See participant comments, recordings and reports from the day here

Days Three and Four will be held in person in Canberra,  11–12 September 2022 with the theme 'Renewal'.
See the National Congress of Women website for further details

See also the Weaving the Threads Together project of women's conversation circles, which is gathering 'woman thought' from around the country to increase the voices contributing to the National Congress of Women.

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Media
NEW Media release, 25 May 2022
Women welcome the prospect of doing politics better
The Women's Climate Congress has welcomed the longed-for prospect of Australia having more women active across the parliament with increased agency to end the divisive ‘climate wars’. 
“We are ready to work with the government as a nonpartisan voice to implement our proposal for a multistakeholder participatory process to develop a national plan that we can all get behind for action to transition from fossil fuels. We have an urgent and enormous challenge facing us, and we must come together to meet it” concluded Dr Salisbury.
Read the full release and pass our message on to media ion your area and share on social media.  

Women's Agenda article, 10 March 2022
Australia needs a national action plan on climate change with more women at the table
"A profound cultural shift is needed to break the political deadlock on climate action – to turn the tide of political culture from polarised discord to constructive collaboration." In the wake of the floods that devastated QLD and NSW in March 2022, WCC founder, Janet Salisbury, wrote for Women's Agenda about the need for a bold new national action plan on climate change – a plan driven by participatory mediation, collaborative nonpartisan dialogue, and women's leadership. Read the full article at the link above.
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Media release, 21 September 2021
​Independent women's organisation wants more Australian women at climate talks and urges stronger emissions pledge

Our Women's Climate Conversations 2021 online series is making the news!
Listen to these podcasts from Canberra Radio 3CR made by Congress member Rebecca Horridge. 

• Women's Climate Congress Conversation #6: Listening to First Nations knowledge to inform Earth-centred, collaborative governance with guests Dr Mary Graham (Kombu-merri and Wakka Wakka person from SE Queensland) and Dr Michelle Maloney (Co-Founder and National Convenor, Australian Earth Laws Alliance). 
• Womens Climate Congress Conversation #5: Strategies for Climate Grief, Climate Communication which features our July conversation with guests Dr Jonica Newby and Dr Rebecca Huntley. 

Further details about the conversations and speakers are on the webpage: Women's Climate Conversations.

Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture Engage newsletter, July 2021 
See our 'Women Rising' article on page 13
See also page 12 for an article and lovely picture from our artistic collaborators, Earthbound, from their performance in June of 'Invocvation'.

Media release, 22 June 2021
Sorrow over Great Barrier Reef UNESCO announcement

Media release, 21 June 2021
Joyce urged to listen to the National's natural constituency and embrace climate targets

Media release, 19 April 2021
Women’s Climate Congress founder celebrated as a finalist in leadership awards
Janet Salisbury was a finalist in the 2021 Women’s Agenda Leadership Awards in the category  of Emerging Leader in Climate Action. The Awards dinner and announcement of winners was on Thursday 29 April at the Swissotel Sydney.  From 900 nominations there were 34 finalists across 9 categories. Congratulations to Joanne Dodds, President of Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action, for winning the climate action category  
​Listen to Janet's radio interview with Canberra local radio 2CC on 25 April 2021.
Read Sarah Stitt's report of the awards dinner 
​Photo: Jenny Robinson, Janet Salisbury, Sarah Stitt in Sydney for the Women's Agenda Awards dinner. 



Capital Radio interview, 25 April 2021
On Sunday 25th April 2021 Janet was interviewed by Ian Meikle and Rod Henshaw for Capital Radio in Canberra.
This was as a result of our media release about the Women’s Agenda awards but the coincidence with Anzac Day provided a coincidental extra dimension and opportunity for Janet to speak about the how the Women's Climate Congress was inspired by the International Congress of Women held in The Hague in April 1915, and which was then only peace congress of WW1.   
Listen to a recording of the interview here

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Radio 2XX (Canberra) interview and podcast conversation, July 2020
In response to our media release (9 July 2020), Janet was interviewed by Sophie Singh at Radio 2XX (Canberra) for the program SubjectACT (30 min). The interview describes what the Women's Climate Congress is, what we are trying to do and the principles driving us. Some of it is focused around the meeting we had with Neville Power, Chair of the National Covid Coordination Commission in June 2020.

You can listen to a podcast of the program here.

Please share the podcast link widely and encourage your friends and colleagues to listen.  We would love to hear what resonates with you, what you are less sure of, and any thoughts you have for the development of the Congress. Send your ideas to our contact email address. 

Media release, 9 July 2020
New national climate group calls for more women on National COVID Coordination Commission