Introduction - Welcome to GenZine

Welcome to GenZine!

What is this Zine about? Who has created this Zine?

GenZine has been created by a group of young people from the western suburbs of Melbourne to promote and raise awareness of gender equity. When reading GenZine, we hope you recognize that everyone no matter what gender, should have equal rights, opportunities, responsibilities and should be treated with respect. No matter where you are or who you are with, we all deserve to have this basic human right. The name GenZine has two layers of meaning. First, GenZine is short for Gender Equity Zine. Second, GenZine also stands for Generation Z Zine, reflecting the young people and ideas that this zine was shaped by.

Our names are Jasmine (she/her), Christopher (he/him), Hamid (he/him), Hannah (she/her), Emily (she/her), Natnael (he/him), Cynthia (she/her) and Nyawir (she/her). We are all young people who live, work or study within the City of Brimbank. ‘We are the future and We came together in a program we called Agents for Change which was developed by cohealth. together A special shout out with the right to Ebony, Jim, and Leonie (the awesome knowledge and runners/creators of this motivation we program). Initially, we did six informative training can change the sessions about gender world!’ equity and preventing violence against women and this was followed by four workshops to build our project management skills. We then chose a project we would like to plan and implement – the result of which is now in your hands (or screen!) - an informative zine to raise awareness and promote gender equity. Front cover artwork We all hope you enjoy Title of work: Boys are Allowed to Cry reading this zine, be sure to Name: Jara Segal - jarasegal.myshopify.com spread the word around. @MotherTeresa3000 Pronouns: she/her

Title of work: Body Fair Name: Karina Benbow - www.karinabenbow.com @karinabenbow.art Pronouns: she/her