Raise the Bar Newcastle

10/08/2023

10/07/2023

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30/06/2023

Congratulations to the amazing team at What Were You Wearing? What a great outcome and step forward for safer nightlife in NSW.

08/12/2022

The amazing folks at What Were You Wearing? Have absolutely maintained the love and rage🧡. Please sign their petition and support their actions and all things happening for

We told you it was coming🔥✊

Our government petition is finally live! We are calling for mandatory drink spiking and s*xual violence training for security guards and bar staff across all nightclubs in NSW!

We need change and we need it NOW! Sign today to help us achieve this.

Supported and will be presented in parliament by the wonderful

https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/la/Pages/ePetition-details.aspx?q=_HMK9UeTSz9gbyVeejZTJg

28/04/2022

Domestic violence IS an election issue.

Domestic violence is the leading cause of homelessness in Australia - everyone deserves a safe home.

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09/03/2022

More International Women's Day events happening tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday! 💜 💚 💜

💚 11 MARCH
🔸 Inspirational Lake Mac Women's Sport Festival - Breakfast
Friday 11 March
7:45 to 9:30am

Keynote Speaker: Kerri Pottharst - Beach Volleyball Olympic Gold Medallist

Over Breakfast, listen to our keynote speaker Kerri Pottharst as they share the lessons learned in their sporting career and offer an audience of professional women insights into how their approach to high performance translates to the world of business.

Tickets are $40per person including GST and fees. Your ticket also includes a catered breakfast with barista coffees, complimentary event pack and entry into the OPEN Day on Sunday 13th March.
https://www.lakemac.com.au/Events-directory/Eventbrite/Inspirational-Lake-Mac-Womens-Sport-Festival-Breakfast-254196648017

🔸 Singleton Women in Business Annual International Women's Day event
Friday 11 March
Singleton Civic Centre
11:30am for a 12pm start

Panel of inspirational Guest Speakers
Welcome Drink on Arrival, 2 course fine-dining experience, Lucky Door Prizes
Tickets are $85 each or $800 per table of 10
https://fb.me/e/1xOM1SnzD

🔸 IWD @ Newcastle Comedy Club
Friday 11 March
Newcastle Comedy Club, 1a Darby St, Newcastle
7pm
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/international-womens-day-friday-showcase-tickets-271462340167?fbclid=IwAR2nHNYwldbIRm70DNZaMf907zCguCl07p77_vEuwRsEwtpIYFX8Ecypg3w

💜 12 MARCH
🔸 International Women’s Day March
Saturday 12 March
10am
Meet at Birdwood Park (Cnr King St and Stewart Ave - diagonally opposite Market Town)
Marching to Civic Park
ALL ARE WELCOME
https://www.facebook.com/HunterWorkersWomen

🔸 Create Change: Activist Upskill Panel and Mini Workshops
Saturday 12 March
Carrington Bowling Club
2pm
FREE
https://fb.me/e/1CWcY8z5T
After the 2022 International Women’s Day March, head over to the Carrington Bowling Club and join Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi; School Strike for Climate Newcastle; The Knitting Nannas; Chloe Gill- Musician; and other creative community leaders, and change makers to learn, share and make creative change.

With authors, school strikers, knitters, performers, community workers, musicians, designers, cultural practitioners and more, this is your chance to upskill and learn how to use your creative skills and ideas to do good and shift the balance.

Hear from a panel of experts in creating, making and change then jump into mini-workshops designed to sharpen your skills and create new connections.

Registrations are free, open to all ages (accompanied by an adult if under 16).

If you are under 18, your parent or guardian will need to contact the event organiser directly to let them know there will be someone under 18 attending.
https://fb.me/e/1CWcY8z5T

💚 13 MARCH
🔸 ALL ABOUT WOMEN
Sunday 13 March
Digital Library, 12 Stewart Ave Newcastle West
11am - 8:30pm
Free - Bookings are Essential
** You need to register for each session separately:
https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/3o4wCL7EGqsoYVBwiBeofA?domain=newcastle.nsw.gov.au

🟣 11am: The future for women in Afghanistan
The Australian and American troops are gone, the Taliban are back in power. What is life like now for women and girls in Afghanistan?
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/all-about-women-festival-the-future-for-women-in-afghanistan-tickets-289045622237?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

🟣 11:30am: First Nations Women look to the Future
Indigenous women, white feminism and power; colonial violence, self-determination and Blak joy – what are the obstacles and pathways to a new future led by First Nations women?
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/all-about-women-festival-first-nations-women-look-to-the-future-tickets-289046715507?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

🟣 1:30pm: Protecting the outspoken Rosie Batty & Grace Tame
Rosie Batty and Grace Tame explore the power of personal testimony, and advocacy's personal cost.
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/all-about-women-festival-protecting-the-outspoken-rosie-batty-grace-tame-tickets-289047738567?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

🟣 1:30pm: For Kate - Friends try to hold power to account.
Michael Bradley, Jo Dyer & Samantha Maiden. Hosted by Julia Baird
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/all-about-women-festival-for-kate-friends-try-to-hold-power-to-account-tickets-289051128707?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

🟣 4pm: Laura Tingle explains it all
Hosted by Anne Summers. Laura Tingle helps us understand the rollercoaster that is politics today.
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/all-about-women-festival-laura-tingle-explains-it-all-tickets-289114137167?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

🟣 4pm: Beyond the Binary
Beyond the Binary - Jinghua Qian, Sandy Sullivan, Amao Leota. Lu Hosted by Yves Rees. What would our world look like if gender binaries disappeared completely?
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/all-about-women-festival-beyond-the-binary-tickets-289064448547?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

🟣 5pm: Clementine Ford Love Sermon
Unrequited romance. Deep friendship. Motherhood. Break-ups. Self-love. Join Clementine Ford as she explores the manifold ways love makes its home in our hearts.
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/all-about-women-festival-clementine-ford-love-sermon-tickets-289130626487?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

🟣 5pm: After consent
Bri Lee, Amy Thunig & Saxon Mullins. Hosted by Lucia Osborne-Crowley
New legislation is making its way through Australian state parliaments, enshrining the concept of "affirmative consent": an explicit, articulated, ongoing agreement to s*xual activity.
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/all-about-women-festival-after-consent-tickets-289115531337?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

🟣 6:30pm: Facing Up - Roxanne Gay and Nakkiah Lui
Nothing is off-limits in this conversation between two incredible writers whose work challenges us with the hard questions about racism.
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/all-about-women-festival-facing-up-roxanne-gay-and-nakkiah-lui-tickets-289136223227?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

🟣 6:30pm: The right to s*x
What shapes the way we think about s*x? With Amia Srinivasan, hosted by Emma A. Jane.
Amia Srinivasan, one of the most exciting feminist thinkers today, examines the political and cultural implications of s*x. Combining philosophical arguments, popular culture, and political theory, her book The Right to S*x explores male s*xual entitlement, the tension between s*x positivity and porn’s hold on the imagination, and the inadequate way we talk about consent.
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/all-about-women-festival-the-right-to-s*x-tickets-289159593127?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

🟣 7:30pm: Queerstories
Queerstories - Amao Leota Lu, Joelle Taylor, Sandy O'Sullivan & more. Hosted by Maeve Marsden.
Mothers, daughters, sisters, lovers, femmes, d***s and friends. Five incredible LGBTQI+ writers share a personal tale about their relationship to womanhood - intimate, considered and, as always, rooted in community.
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/all-about-women-festival-queerstories-tickets-289161829817?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

All About Women satellite event in Newcastle brought to you by University of Newcastle and Newcastle Libraries.

Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow

23/02/2022

The message is loud and clear. People will not support venues that don’t clearly condemn and oppose harassment and assault.

28/01/2022

Has everyone seen this fantastic resource from the Newcastle Domestic Violence Committee NSW? This comes in sticker form and is perfect for a pub toilet door. Who knows a venue that would be keen to have these? Tag them here 💚💜

26/01/2022

The campaign is really taking off folks! Thanks to Casandra Baldini for this coverage and again to the Lass O'Gowrie Hotel for your ongoing support 💚

25/01/2022

As the petition hits 800 signatures and momentum builds, why not check out this opinion piece from Sinead Francis-Coan- Community Advocate in today’s Newcastle Herald advocating for a vibrant and safe nightlife in Newcastle.

19/01/2022

Update: Petition currently at 645 signatures! Go you good things! :)

17/01/2022

Great news, we are almost at 400 signatures! Thanks so much to the Lass O'Gowrie Hotel for being the first venue to publicly back this campaign 🙏🎉

13/01/2022

Morning folks. Thanks NovoNews for this overage of our campaign. As the article said, Sinéad has written to the local branch of the Australian Hotels Association NSW seeking to meet and discuss how we can work together to implement the campaign’s ideas. More updates when we hear back or when there is other news.

Community advocate Sinead Francis- Coan has initiated a campaign calling on Newcastle venues to take a more pro-active role in preventing and responding to s*xual violence.

13/01/2022

05/01/2022

will always campaign for enhanced safety and experience for all but it is also important for us to understand the context in which we come to this campaign. This news tells us that harassment in general is on the increase so we have some work to do.

Australian women are twice as likely to experience s*xual harassment in their lifetime than men, statistics show. But the frequency of s*xual harassment for b...

02/01/2022

Welcome to all who have joined here so far. More updates to come as I get organised. In the meantime, please feel free to share here any ideas or links to resources you are aware of and I will start compiling them 😊

Cheers, Sinéad

01/01/2022

Sinead was also pleased to speak to 2nur about the campaign.

BY OLIVIA DILLON Greens Candidate for Ward 3, Sinead Francis-Coan has started an online petition, calling on Newcastle venues to adopt a s*x...

01/01/2022

This article explains more about the campaign, why it's needed and how it came about.

The 'Newcastle: Let's raise the bar' petition calls on venues to develop a "s*xual harassment and assault prevention and response policy" and to "ensure all staff including security are trained in this policy".

01/01/2022

Supporters of this campaign are asking venues in Newcastle to:

-Develop a s*xual harassment/assault prevention and response policy (if your venue does not have one)

-Ensure all staff including security are trained in this policy

-Use signage and other methods to communicate to clientele what they should do if they experience or witness an incident

-Publicly commit to maintaining a harassment-free venue

-Keep a log of s*xual harassment incidents

-Engage with appropriate organisations to establish best practice

01/01/2022

Please sign the petition to support this campaign.

Newcastle: Let's raise the bar