{"id":82654,"date":"2022-03-08T04:59:24","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T17:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/?p=82654"},"modified":"2022-03-09T08:40:56","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T21:40:56","slug":"zonta-iwd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/zonta-iwd\/","title":{"rendered":"Empowering women since \u201878"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EACH March, International Women\u2019s Day prompts the world to reflect on women\u2019s rights, empowerment, and achievements.<\/p>\n<p>UN Women\u2019s 2022 IWD theme, \u2018changing climates: equality today for a sustainable tomorrow,\u2019 and the broader campaign, \u2018break the bias: a world free of bias, stereotypes and discrimination,\u2019 align with the values of a particular non-government organisation, deeply rooted in Ballarat.<\/p>\n<p>The Zonta Club of Ballarat has worked to advance women\u2019s rights since 1978, and is concerned with issues including health, education, climate action, equity and human rights, economic empowerment, gender-based violence, child marriage, and human trafficking.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_82655\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-82655\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-82655\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/A02I9104-300x209.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-82655\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stroll against violence: Members of the Zonta Club of Ballarat complete their 16 Days of Activism walk at the Zonta Sensory Garden. Photos: FILE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s a local branch of Zonta International, which has aimed to empower women through service and advocacy in 63 countries since it launched in upstate New York 103 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Zonta Ballarat\u2019s Val Sarah AM, also a former president of Zonta International, said some of the higher profile Club campaigns have strived to stop violence against women and children, advocated for gender equality, and urgent climate action.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo mark the start of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence last year, local Zontians led a twilight walk around Lake Wendouree in collaboration with other local groups,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_82658\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-82658\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-82658\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/IMG_6354-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-82658\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A yellow Zonta rose of friendship is planted at the Zonta Sensory Garden at the Ballarat Botanical Gardens. Photo: EDWINA WILLIAMS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Key Club projects have included the creation of essential care and toiletry bags for women escaping domestic and family violence, birthing kits for mothers and newborn babies in remote areas of 30 countries, and breast cushions for women and men recovering from breast surgery.<\/p>\n<p>Zontians support the Zonta Foundation for Women which partners with the United Nations to focus on adolescent girls\u2019 health and protection in Peru, gender-based violence survivors in Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste, and education and gender equity issues in Madagascar.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Sarah, with fellow Zontian Catherine Taylor, represent the Ballarat Club as part of a Futures Think Tank for climate action.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_82659\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-82659\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-82659\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/IMG_8424-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-82659\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zonta Club of Ballarat president Caroline Nolan, and Tim Argall, the president of partner group Wendouree Cricket Club, at a 2021 birthing kit assembly day. Photo: FILE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cLed by futurist Carole Theobald in Perth, the think tank now attracts a caucus in the USA, and interested Zontians in Luxembourg, Switzerland, Finland, and Nepal, whose climate concerns both mirror our own, and provide insights into vastly different circumstances,\u201d Ms Sarah said.<\/p>\n<p>Ballarat Zontians also celebrate and promote high-achieving women, presenting an annual Young Women in Public Affairs Award to committed community leaders and change-makers between 19 and 19 years of age.<\/p>\n<p>The 2021 recipient was former Ballarat Clarendon College student Eloise Amirtharajah who was also awarded more broadly by Zonta International.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_82657\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-82657\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-82657\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/founders_rotated-1-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-82657\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Confederation of Zonta Clubs launched in New York state in 1919. Photo: SUPPLIED<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But the Club\u2019s flagship initiative has been the Ballarat\u2019s Great Women presentations and honour roll.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a celebration of those who have lived, been educated or worked in our fair city, and in doing so, have made a significant contribution to our community,\u201d Ms Sarah said.<\/p>\n<p>The Club has presented \u201clasting gifts\u201d to the City, including the Zonta Art Collection of Australian women artists at the Art Gallery of Ballarat, and the tranquil Zonta Sensory Garden at the Ballarat Botanical Gardens, where a yellow Zonta rose of friendship is planted.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about the Great Women Honour Roll in next week\u2019s edition on Thursday, 10 March. Visit <strong>zontaballarat.com<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EACH March, International Women\u2019s Day prompts the world to reflect on women\u2019s rights, empowerment, and achievements. 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