Take Action for Equity: Bluestocking Week 2021

The 2021 theme for Bluestocking Week – Take Action for Equity – draws upon the feminist roots of Bluestocking Week, and while we celebrate the achievements of women in education, we are also acknowledging that we need to continue the fight for equity.

Thus, equity with an intersectional lens is not only about gender alone, but it is also about how gender intersects with race, culture, identity, socio-economic background (and social/economic privilege) and able-ness, to name a few.

This is a call to the university community to ‘take action for equity’ to organise around equity, whether that be in building delegate networks, highlighting a particular issue through events and organising activities, or through support for local bargaining claims through an equity lens.

Find out more at nteu.org.au/bluestockingweek

There are three special online events on the theme of equity for Bluestocking Week this year. Visit nteu.org.au/bluestockingweek to register or view the recordings.

Women and Superannuation

Monday 8 Nov, 2-3pm (AEDT) via Zoom

Theresa Parkinson, Employer Partnership Manager with UniSuper

The equity theme is to look at financial security for women in retirement and the ender pay gap in higher education, and what women need to be looking to do to ensure they are financially prepared.

Theresa will provide a brief overview of the financial challenges for women, steps to help gain control of your finances, and strategies to consider to increase your super balance

It takes a pandemic… for the work of an epidemiologist to be recognised and understood

Wed 10 Nov, 2-3pm (AEDT) via Zoom

Professor Mary Louise McLaws, Epidemiologist at UNSW and adviser to NSW Government

The equity theme is to look at women in STEM, with Mary Louise talking about what attracted her to the profession of epidemiology, what it is like to be suddenly thrust into the national spotlight during a pandemic, and how she is dealing with media focus/ government pressures while maintaining her professional independence and standing.

NTEU Annual Lecture and Bluestocking Week Keynote Speech: Respect at Work

Friday 12 Nov, 2-3pm (AEDT) via Zoom

Kate Jenkins, Sex Discrimination Commissioner and a member of the Australian Human Rights Commission.

The equity theme is to discuss sexual harassment and gender-based discrimination. Kate will reflect on the findings of the Respect@Work report around sexual harassment in the Australian workplace, and more specifically as experienced by students and staff in universities.