talented Sophie Serafino is organising a new festival called the Every
Woman Festival and she invited me to be on the committee. How could I
refuse? I love Sophie; I love her integrity, determination and grit so
how could I go wrong being on her team, in an effort to unite and help
women? Impossible!
The Every Woman Festival is starting out in 2010 with the launch of a
new website at http://www.everywomanfestival.com.au and initially, it
will offer an online television series featuring some fabulous female
identities divulging their secrets and insights as to how they got where
they are today. The first sessions include Melinda Schneider - popular
Australian country singer/songwriter and Bianca Dye, Australian national
media professional and other fabulous women of style and substance (see
the website for more info). The ongoing series will feature women from
all walks of life.
The emphasis will also be on highlighting women's charities, with an
online auction aimed at raising funds for Lou's Place, a women's refuge
in Sydney's Kings Cross and FOCTHA, a charity in Malawi supporting
African women who find themselves raising their grandchildren orphaned
by HIV/AIDS. In association with FOCTHA, Every Woman Festival is also
launching the Support a Grandmother program, which will assist
grandmothers to raise chickens, providing an income for her and her
orphaned grandchildren.
In this first year, our aim is to raise awareness to the festival, with
the hope of launching a live event in Sydney, this time next year (2011)
highlighting Australia's top mainstream and independent performers - and
in turn, shining a light on women's causes, hopes, aspirations and needs.
Visit http://www.everywomanfestival.com.au for more info.
Anne-Lise
