An inspirational speaker who left everyone in awe at the last Illawarra Legacy Business and Community Lunch at City Diggers in August is returning to Wollongong to speak at the major International Women’s Day event at WIN Entertainment Centre on March 8.
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The room was completely silent when Rabia Siddique spoke about what happened to her while growing up in rural Western Australia and how that impacted her response to other events as she went on to become a mother, lawyer and soldier who was held hostage in Iraq while serving for the British Army.
Mrs Siddique will share her personal story of battling discrimination, abuse, chronic illness and PTSD after her involvement in the hostage crisis and what happened to her after it was over.
At the International Women’s Day (IWD Illawarra) event attended by more than 700 people she will explore what it means to display moral courage and lead by example, to stand up for one’s principles in the face of criticism, adversity and sacrifice, to fight for equality and to live what she teaches.
The Illawarra International Women’s Day Committee includes Judith Henderson, Vicki Tiegs, Janine Cullen, Helen Volk, Katrina Rowlands, Enola King, Amber Morrisey, Rebecca Armstrong, Rachel Foster, Natalie Croker, Jodie Murrell, Cathy Pepper, Donna McLean, Karemie Williams, Alex Blake, Sharon Arrow, Lauren Wise, Tessa Tohmey and Angie Howes.
IWD Illawarra will offer seven individual scholarships of $2,000 each to encourage women in our community to expand their knowledge, skills and experience in a field of their interest or in which they have shown great potential.
In 2018 $20,000 was granted to Supported Accommodation & Homelessness Services Shoalhaven Illawarra (SAHSSI) a not-for-profit specialist for homelessness which covers the Illawarra and Shoalhaven regions.
In the last fiscal year they supported 733 with or without children who are homeless or at risk of homelessness in the Illawarra and 313 women in the Shoalhaven.
The IWD funding will support the Domestic Violence Early Intervention Program in high schools and the Preventative Child Protection program in women’s clinical groups at refuges which is about reducing the impacts of domestic violence on children.
Greg Ellis
Almost four decades in electronic, print and digital media. A writer, presenter, emcee, photographer and videographer with degrees in business management, marketing and human resources and tertiary qualifications in photography.
Almost four decades in electronic, print and digital media. A writer, presenter, emcee, photographer and videographer with degrees in business management, marketing and human resources and tertiary qualifications in photography.
