INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY PUBLIC EXPO
Sunday will feature a free public EXPO, including events and information from various community organisations.
Central TAFE will be open to the public from 10am to 3pm on Sunday 8 March 2009.
Booths at the expo will be operated by the following organisations:
Aboriginal Legal Service
ALSWA is the largest community based Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander legal organization in Australia. It provides legal aid services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples throughout Western Australia in accordance with grant conditions imposed by the Commonwealth Attorney General's Department.
Australian Federation of University Women (AFUW)
The AFUW is an apolitical, non-government organisation through which graduate women have their collective voice heard on issues of critical importance including, education, health, human rights, peace and human security, environment and the status of women.
Baptistcare
Founded in 1972, Baptistcare is a church-based, public benevolent institution and not-for-profit that provides a range of Aged Care, Disability, Mental Health, Counselling and community services across metropolitan and regional Western Australia.
BreastScreen WA
Women in Australia have a 1 in 8 risk of developing breast cancer in their lifetime. Screening mammograms are performed for the purpose of detecting breast cancer at an early stage. Women aged 40 years or over are eligible to have a FREE screening mammogram at BreastScreen WA every two years.
Continence Advisory Service WA
Providing education, advice and information on bladder and bowel health issues
Career Advice Australia
We help young people, aged 13 to 19, to connect to their future. As part of this, we help young people to move through school and into further, study, training or work, parents to support and guide their children in career decision-making, schools to strengthen and increase their career education activities and services, businesses and industry to shape and prepare their future workforce.
Department of Corrective Services
The Department aims to provide safe, secure and decent corrective services which contribute to community safety and reduced offender involvement in the justice system
Extra Edge Community Services
Extra Edge Community Services is a leader in Community Learning and Development based in the South East Metropolitan region of Perth, Western Australia. We work with the Community to identify and achieve innovative learning and development outcomes.
Fostering Services
The Foster Care Service is a unit within the Department for Child Protection whose role is to recruit, assess and train prospective foster carers. The Department provides care for children aged from birth to 17 years, either for emergency, respite, short, medium or long term care.
GAIN
GAIN stands for Gynaecological Awareness Information Network. GAIN Inc is a non-government, not-for-profit organisation, driving awareness of, and education about, gynaecological heath matters. Many women afflicted with such conditions may feel very alone. They often suffer in silence, afraid of what they don't know, and lack the courage to share their anguish.
Genetic Support Council WA
The Genetic Support Council WA is a not for profit organisation that acts as a peak body for genetic support groups in Western Australia. Among other things, the Council promotes awareness of genetic conditions in the community, and supports effective and efficient management and service delivery practices within genetic support groups.
GROW WA
GROW is a community of persons working towards mental health through mutual help and a 12 step program of recovery. Small groups of people who have experienced depression, anxiety or other mental or emotional distress, come together on a weekly basis to help each other deal with the challenges of life. Some people come to GROW while struggling with the loss of a job, a loved one or a relationship.
Langford Aboriginal Association
The establishment of Langford Aboriginal Association Inc was the vision of several families who saw a gap in the services being provided to Aboriginal community members in Langford and surrounding suburbs. It was identified that there was a need for a place to call our own, a meeting place and a place to carry out activities identified by the community. For more information please visit www.laalangford.org.au
Local Government & Regional Development
Our aim is to promote sustainable local government and strong and vibrant regions.
Midwest Metro Family Aboriginal Corporation
The Midwest Metro Family Aboriginal Corporation is to act in a positive and culturally appropriate way, strengthening and bringing together Aboriginal families. Promoting the contribution of Aboriginal families towards the social, economic and cultural environments in the mid-west metro region.
Miscellaneous Workers Union
The LHMU is an organisation of over 120,000 Australian workers, united by our belief in the dignity of workers and the right to fair and just treatment at work. We are an active union, and we are passionate about organising to win.
Muslim Women's Support Centre (MWSC)
The MWSC is a group of Muslim women who came together to offer ongoing Islamic spiritual growth, self-awareness and personal development programs through classes, lectures, projects and workshops. Also providing support services, dialogue between Muslim and non-Muslim women and setting an example of unity and integrity.
National Council of Women in WA (NCWWA)
The National Council of Women of Western Australia was founded in 1911. It is a non-party, non-sectarian, umbrella organisation for a large and diverse number of affiliated women’s groups in Western Australia.
Northern Suburbs Reconciliation Group (NSRG)
The NSRG is one of the local reconciliation groups in WA. Our purpose is to build relationships and friendships between Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal people built on mutual understanding and trust. Working together to understand our mutual and often painful history is a key aspect of our task as is working together to build a united future built upon justice and equity for all.
Partners of Veterans Assoc of WA
The P.V.A. intends to fill the identified, large gap of need overlooked by other ex-service organizations and government departments for partners of those who have served in war or peacekeeping duties. Services include informing members on health, member’s rights, entitlements, support and advocating on behalf of members.
Pensione Verde Organic Accom & Cooking School
A small intimate Guesthouse and organic cooking school set in the bustling village of Denmark on the South Coast of Western Australia. The Pensione hosts guests who wish to enjoy the delights of the village style of Denmark or take part in a Cooking class which specialises in using local produce and promotes a range of visiting chefs with skills across many cuisines.
Reclaiming Voices
Reclaiming Voices is actively committed to raising community awareness and providing education in relation to the complexity and prevalence of sexual assault. The women within the group aim to provide a valuable consultation service to sexual assault support agencies including, police, social workers, and medical and legal professionals.
ROAR Feminist Collective
ROAR is a group of women who meet regularly to discuss feminism and women's rights and take action where we see injustice.
Starick Services
Crisis/short term accommodation for women with children escaping family & domestic violence.
Unions WA
UnionsWA is the state's peak union body, representing over 40 affiliated unions and their members.
Uthando Project
Uthando is the isiZulu word for love. To support caregivers and their children in discovering the joys and the richness of play, Uthando Project distributes dolls in KwaZulu-Natal. For more information please visit www.uthandoproject.org
Vic Park Montessori Playgroup
Montessori education provides children an environment where they can develop their full potential as human beings. In an atmosphere of respect for the child's innate qualities, the child is guided by adults with a knowledge of the stages of childhood development and the needs and tendencies common to all children.
WA Aids Council
The WA AIDS council, established in 1985, leads the Western Australian community in the provision of a wide range of services in the prevention of HIV, and the treatment and care of people living with HIV/AIDS.
Women's Healthworks
Women’s Healthworks is a dynamic and innovative health, education and referral service for women in the northern suburbs of Perth. Our aim is to empower women, enabling them to make informed decisions about their health and well being, by providing information, health promotion, education, counselling and medical clinics in an environment which values and believes in the capacity of each individual.
Zonta
Zonta is a global service organisation of executives and professionals working together to advance the status of women through service and advocacy.