Women’s empowerment and gender equality embraced

Love the body you are in and find strength in sisterhood as part of Women’s Week, in the lead-up to International Women’s Day

Taryn Brumfitt’s documentary Embrace will screen at Leichhardt Library on March 5. Picture: Meg Hansen Photography

Love the body you are in, find strength in sisterhood, try a fun, limited edition brew created by women and meet the female pioneers of craft brewing; it is all on offer to celebrate Women’s Week in the lead up to International Women’s Day.

Humanitarian Patricia Garcia. Picture Julian Andrews

IWD MORNING TEA: PATRICIA GARCIA

Human rights advocate Patricia Garcia, who is the keynote speaker at Strathfield Council’s International Women’s Day (IWD) morning tea on Friday, spent more than 20 years in war zones providing assistance to refugee women. Garcia has called the deserts of countries such as Afghanistan home, working with refugees on a mass scale in Sudan, Rwanda and Croatia, helping to clean up the devastation left behind by genocide and war. In 2007 in Afghanistan one of her colleagues, a German engineer, was murdered on the same stretch of road Garcia had travelled every day for two years, when his vehicle was ambushed. This IWD event will be in support of UN Women Australia, an organisation that promotes women’s empowerment and gender equality. Council is encouraging attendees to make a donation to UN Women Australia. March 6, Strathfield Town Hall. Free, tickets strathfieldevents.nsw.gov.au

Kween G features at Inner West Council’s key IWD Day event Strength in Sisterhood at Petersham on March 5. Picture: Chris Pavlich

STRENGTH IN SISTERHOOD: KWEEN G

Musician-poet Kween G will perform at the IWD event Strength in Sisterhood at Petersham Town Hall on Thursday. The Uganda-born, Sydney-based hip hop artist, who facilitated a panel at the last AWMAs on increasing the visibility of women in hip hop, is known for her fighting spirit and a passion for both women’s rights and disadvantaged communities. Register for this free event, that also features interactive community stalls. March 5, Petersham Town Hall. Free, eventbrite.com.au

Body Image Movement founder Taryn Brumfitt. Picture Matt Turner

EMBRACE FILM SCREENING & TALK

Taryn Brumfitt, director and founder of the Body Image Movement, travels the world to explore the global issue of body loathing. Her documentary, Embrace will be screened at Leichhardt Library on Thursday at 5pm. Following the free screening, Dr Mary Foley will lead a talk on body image. March 5, Leichhardt Library. Free, eventbrite.com.au

The women of Young Henrys ahead of International Women's Day.

WOMEN DISTILLERS SHINE

You’ve heard of breaking the glass ceiling but in craft brewing these are just some of the females breaking the barrel. Free The Neipa, a limited edition IWD IPA that will be released on Friday, is part of the Young Henrys Brewer’s B-Side Series. Free The Neipa, created by the women of Young Henrys, is a hazy, complex and fun brew infused with the citrusy essence of bergamot, a key player in Earl Grey tea. While Bloodwood Newtown’s IWD event, Nip of Courage, on Sunday celebrates leading women of the emerging Australian craft distilling industry. Meet some female pioneers helping to shape the Australian Craft Distilling industry. You will receive a cocktail on arrival and then you will enjoy an ‘Australian Spirits Flight’ during lunch. Bloodwood’s Claire Van Vuuren will create a menu that is bold, packed with flavour and inspired by the spirits that we will be tasting on the day. Tickets ($95) includes food, cocktail on arrival, spirits flight, wine, beer.