The Women of AMTIL celebrate International Women’s Day

AMTIL celebrates International Women’s Day with a fun morning of indoor lawn bowls and the opportunity to share their personal experiences.

On Wednesday 8th March, AMTIL staged the Women in Manufacturing Barefoot Bowls Competition at the Brighton Indoor Bowling Club with a great number appearing to have a valuable bond, on this International Women’s Day event.

Members spoke of the barriers broken down in the Australian manufacturing industry over the years. “There have been a lot of general improvements and we are all working on more barriers being lifted,” said one.

Back to the game of barefoot bowls, the William Buck team won first prize, the Integra team walked away with the chocolate spoon, and Danni from Sheetmetal Machinery won the door prize. After the game, the whole crew stayed for a BBQ spread for lunch.

In some countries, IWD is a public holiday, and in some countries it is, but only for the women. Other groups say it should remain as a day of activism, a “highly considerable and visible opportunity for impact.”

The global campaign theme for IWD 2023 is #EmbraceEquity.

Each of the four AMTIL lawn bowls teams wore colours depicting various values of the day. For instance, purple, green and white are the colours of International Women’s Day. Purple signifies justice and dignity and being loyal to the cause. Green symbolises hope. White represents purity, albeit a controversial concept. The colours originated from the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) in the UK in 1908.