1 / 6

International Women’s Day

International Women’s Day. G lobal day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender equality. https://www.internationalwomensday.com/About.

ldryden
Download Presentation

International Women’s Day

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. International Women’s Day Global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender equality. https://www.internationalwomensday.com/About Presentation created by Brianna Laxton https://briannalaxton.blog/

  2. Moments in history Bella Guerin Bella was the first woman to graduate from an Australian university in 1883. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/guerin-julia-margaret-bella-6503 Voting Rights On 18 December 1894, South Australia was the first electorate in the world to give equal political rights to both men and women. https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/womens-suffrage

  3. Recognising some amazing women…

  4. Fiona Wood Australian plastic surgeon and ‘Spray-on Skin’ Pioneer. Fiona Wood and Marie Stoner used tissue engineering technology to treat burns using ‘spray-on skin’. Dr Wood was the 2005 Australian of the Year. More information: https://www.australianoftheyear.org.au/honour-roll/?view=fullView&recipientID=108 https://www.fionawoodfoundation.com/about-us/professor-fiona-wood/

  5. Maryam Mirzakhani Mathematician who explored the dynamics and geometry of complex surfaces, she was a mathematics professor at Stanford University, and the first woman to win a Fields Medal (maths most prestigious prize), and enjoys solving difficult problems that may take months or years to solve.  https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/maryam-mirzakhanis-pioneering-mathematical-legacy  ; https://www.wired.com/2014/08/maryam-mirzakhani-fields-medal/ ; https://www.nature.com/articles/549032a

  6. Sam Kerr Kerr has taken the soccer world by storm in recent years, starring on the international stage with the Matildas, as well as dominating the domestic leagues in America and Australia. https://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/the-price-sam-kerr-had-to-pay-to-dominate-women-s-football

More Related