International Women’s Day (IWD) is an important occasion to celebrate the achievements of women, progress in women’s rights and women’s engagement in public life. It also serves to raise awareness of the issues impacting women all over the world.
RACS will be commemorating this important day with various events across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand from 7-8 March. Join us as we celebrate the achievements of women in the surgical profession and beyond.
Information on IWD
Australia: International Women’s Day will be held on Friday 7 March 2025 with the theme March Forward For ALL Women and Girls.
Aotearoa New Zealand: International Women’s Day will be held on Saturday 8 March with the theme March Forward: From Promises to Progress.
Online
In the spirit of celebrating International Women’s Day (IWD) for 2025, ANZCA, RACP and RACS have joined forces and will be hosting an online Zoom webinar for all Fellows and members as a collective initiative to ‘March forward – together’.
Hosted by ANZCA’s Gender Equity Sub-Committee (GESC) Chair Dr Claire Stewart, the webinar will include a presenter from each college including:
• Associate Professor Kerin Fielding – RACS President
• Dr Jacob Koshy – ANZCA, Director of Anaesthesia, Alice Springs Hospital
• Dr Dawn-Louise Adair – RACP, Lead Fellow, Māori Health
Our presenters will be providing a range of perspectives on how they have helped someone march forward, why it is important for everyone to be part of marching forward and the resilience to keep marching.
Date: Friday 7 March 2025
Time: 12:00pm – 1:00pm AEDT
Register your attendance here.
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Aotearoa New Zealand
The RACS Aotearoa New Zealand Office will be holding its annual International Women’s Day Zoom breakfast hosted by Fellow Dr Jane Strang. This year Dr Strang will be speaking with special guest speaker Oncoplastic Breast & General Surgeon Ineke Meredith.
Date: Friday 7 March 2025
Time: 7:00am – 8:00am NZDT
Registrations for the event will open shortly and will be available through the AoNZ events page.
Tasmania
International Women’s Day Breakfast – Hobart
Dr Amy Gibbens, recipient of the 2024 Bongiorno Group Women in Surgery grant and Caroline Sharpen, Chief Executive Officer of the Tasmania Orchestra, will be speaking at this year’s International Women’s Day Breakfast in Hobart.
Date: Friday 7 March 2025
Time: 7:30am – 9:30 am
Venue: T42 Hobart, Ground Level Elizabeth Street Pier, Unit 59/4 Franklin Wharf, Hobart
Free Event – Registration Here.
Victoria
Women in Medicine High Tea
This year’s keynote speaker will be Dr Lisa Brown, a New Zealand trained General and Hepatobiliary Surgeon working as a Consultant at The Royal Melbourne Hospital and Peter MacCallum Cancer Center who has previously worked with NASA. She will be joined by Professor Kate Drummond.
Date: Saturday 8 March 2025
Time: 2:30pm – 5:30pm
Venue: Pullman Melbourne On The Park,192 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne
Ticket: $50 for members, $75 for non-members
Register here. View flyer here.
Western Australia
Women in Surgery, International Women’s Day High Tea
Date: Saturday 8 March 2025
Time: 2:00pm – 4:00pm
Venue: Crystal Club, Crown Towers, Perth
Registrations for this event will open shortly and will be available through the WA events page.
