#inhername - Helping Women by Honouring Women
The value of WOW events is huge - it is easy to see how these events empower women and girls to make the changes in their lives and in their communities that will have effects for years and generations to come. But what about those women who may be excluded because of financial hardship? Or because they live too far away to cover their own travel costs?
WOW Australia has launched a unique campaign, that will support these women and girls to attend this life-changing experience. To build a legacy of impact over the next three years our campaign entitled #inhername will enable individuals or trusts and foundations a unique opportunity for engagement.
All donations will be focused on enabling young women and girls regardless of background or circumstance to participate in a WOW event either as speakers, performers or audience members.
Donors contributing $250 and above will have the opportunity to put the donation in the name of a woman who has been or still is, important to them in their lives. These will be presented in words and image on our website, which we will build up over the next three years. We are doing this in recognition of the many women whose names are not written in our history books, whose deeds may go unnoticed in their communities, or simply whose love, friendship and caring we wish to acknowledge.
Head over to our campaign page and find out how you too can support a gender equal future, by honouring a woman who has made a difference in your life.
Read on, and discover the stories of some of the women who have changed the lives of our supporters.
#InHerName #HelpingWomenbyHonouringWomen
JANE FRAPPART
I have known Jane since 1987 when we worked in France where she met her husband - Christophe. Christophe was involved in a horrendous traffic accident 18 months into their marriage when Jane was 7 months pregnant and he was in a coma for over 7 weeks. Due to his severe brain injury he was not expected to live for long. Christophe is now over 50, father to two children and for most of his life Jane created a 'normal' integrated and supportive home environment for Christophe and the family which has afforded him and their children great quality of life. Her MS diagnosis a few years ago felt so ‘unfair’ for many of us however her tenacity, determination, her steadfast belief that nothing is impossible and her commitment and love for her family and friends is a constant inspiration to me.
Julie B has made this donation #inhername
ELOISE MARIE
Eloise was a visionary and an artist and a young woman of striking vibrancy. A pusher and a doer and a creative of the first order, her struggles with mental health took her from us too soon. For one who lived so briefly, she inspired, cajoled, encouraged and shoved a whole lot of fledgling artists into the world, and we are all the better for her presence in our lives. Creative producer, performer, playwright and provocateur, she was a live wire, once see never forgotten.
Nadia Jade has made this donation #inhername
MARIE NEAL
There she is … Marie Neal at the top of her game as Sister-in-Charge of the Burns Unit, Tamworth Base Hospital, ready and able to help and heal both physical and emotional trauma.
She led by example in the 1960’s when many women gave up their careers to raise a family. With her well-acknowledged determination, strength and tenacity, she achieved both. As a qualified and compassionate midwife she led her field in Canada and Australia with courage and inspiration, particularly in maternal and child health for First Nations people... and there she is … my little mum as I saw her on a surprise visit at work, while on holiday from uni. Just look at that smile that delighted and embraced, making you feel like the most important person ever! She had unwavering confidence in my abilities and my power as a woman comes from her.
Rose Neal has made this donation #inhername