Overview
Right before International Women's Day, embrace and celebrate the power of women on Sunday, March 4 with the Sydney Opera House's sixth iteration of All About Women.
Following 2017's event — which included speakers such as Academy Award-winner Geena Davis to Newsweek Middle East reporter Janine di Giovanni — the 2018 festival has 20+ events for you to choose from. Prepare to be blown away by a downright inspiring lineup of female-identifying storytellers, thinkers and game changers.
Curated by Edwina Throsby, formerly the TEDxSydney Head of Curation and founder and producer of ABC TV's Big Ideas, this year's All About Women will host events and discussions surrounding transgender politics, disability and intersectionality, Trump, climate justice and much, much more.
The stellar cast of speakers includes humourist and Vanity Fair Contributing Editor Fran Lebowitz speaking about cultural nostalgia and leading a panel on women in the age of Trump, and Tarana Burke, the US-based founder of the #MeToo movement, in conversation with veteran Australian journalist Tracy Spicer. Nakkiah Lui and Miranda Tapsell will record an episode of their podcast Pretty for an Aboriginal live and activist Manal al-Sharif will discuss the freedoms (and lack thereof) of women in Saudi Arabia.
This is all supplemented with some really fun hands-on stuff too, like a morning yoga class, wine tasting with sommelier Georgina Larsson, a feminist choir and a pickling workshop led by Cornersmith.
Image: Prudence Upton.