Provocations: Why are we still talking about gender equality?

Provocations: Why are we still talking about gender equality?

  • 04 Mar 2026
  • 06:30pm - 07:45pm
  • $10
  • The Capitol, 113 Swanston St, Melbourne
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Join us as we celebrate International Women's Day 2026 and its theme, 'Balancing The Scales', with a powerful panel of gender equity advocates.

Part of Provocations – RMIT University's Talks and Ideas series – this event will be hosted by Sushi Das from the RMIT Integrity Hub and brings together leading experts, academics, and innovators to examine challenges and breakthroughs in gender equity across government, media, business, and community, as they ask the vital question: why, in 2026, are we still discussing gender equality? 

Speakers include:

  • Dr Niki Vincent, Public Sector Gender Equality Commissioner
  • Hannah Ferguson, author, journalist, podcaster and Chief Executive Officer of Cheek Media
  • Dr Kathryn Daley, Assistant Associate Dean of Social Science, Research and Policy Studies, RMIT University
  • Leonora Risse, Associate Professor in Economics at Queensland University of Technology, an Adjunct Professor with QUT's Centre for Decent Work and Industry, and a Research Fellow with the Women's Leadership Institute Australia. 

 

This event is part of Provocations - RMIT University's Talks and Ideas series.

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