Join us Tuesday 06 March to celebrate International Women's Day 2025.
Join us for a powerful online panel session hosted by WSAA and the AWA in honour of International Women’s Day 2025, aligned with the UN’s theme March Forward.
This year’s discussion will focus on the urgent issue of family violence, a crisis that impacts us all. Our panellists will explore:
- How family violence affects everyone, whether directly or through someone we know and work with
- The lasting consequences of family violence, including financial abuse
- The crucial role of leaders—both male and female—in our sector to drive change and contribute to the solution
- The responsibility of organisations in fostering a supportive environment for customers and employees, and creating a culture of respect and safety
Be part of this vital conversation as we work together to march forward and end family violence.
If you or someone you know has experienced domestic, family and sexual violence, call 1800RESPECT on 1800 737 732, text 0458 737 732 or visit www.1800RESPECT.org.au for online chat and video call services.
Speakers
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Stacey Nelan
Project Manager - DFSV Workforce, SA Water
Stacey is a survivor-advocate of domestic, family and sexual violence and dedicated to driving social change. As a speaker, facilitator, and workplace culture expert, she helps organisations establish supportive environments for staff affected by domestic, family, and sexual violence. Stacey spent three years as senior advisor in White Ribbon Australia’s workplace accreditation team, coaching over 150 organisations to build safer workplace cultures.
A prominent survivor-advocate in South Australia, Stacey was part of the SA’s DFSV delegation at the 2021 Women’s Safety Summit, she testified for the ACTU’s campaign for paid domestic violence leave, and over the past year she worked in her advocacy capacity with the Essential Services Commission of Victoria on their Safety by Design project.
Stacey co-founded Adelaide’s Pay Our Respects to Australian Murdered Women event, now in its 7th year, honouring the lives of women lost to violence. Since March 2023, she has been the Corporate Compliance Manager at SA Water and has provided expert advice to meet the Essential Services Commission of SA’s requirements for safeguarding customers facing financial hardship due to DFSV. Stacey is also about to begin a secondment to lead a company-wide project supporting staff who may disclose domestic, family, and sexual violence.
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Damian Wells
Managing Director, Coliban Water
Damian’s career has included work in technical and leadership roles in water, environment and regulation.
After early-career technical roles in catchment management and water, Damian held an operational leadership role at Goulburn-Murray Water before being appointed CEO of North Central Catchment Management Authority in 2008.
In 2015 Damian was appointed an Executive Director at the Environment Protection Authority Victoria where he led the statewide regulatory operations. Damian also has over 10 years’ experience as a Non-Executive Director having previously served on the Board of Anglicare Victoria and its predecessor organisations.
Damian is Chair of Zero Emissions Water (ZEW), the La Trobe University Bendigo Advisory Board and a former Board member of Anglicare Victoria.
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More speakers to be announced |
Event Details
| Date |
Thursday 6th March 2025 |
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12:30pm - 1:30pm AEDT |
| Webinar Link |
Register below - webinar link will be sent via email the day prior |
Registration
Membership benefits:
If you wish to find out more about AWA's membership benefits, contact membership@awa.asn.au.
If you work for a water utility and are interested in collaborating on how to support customers and employees impacted by family violence contact info@wsaa.asn.au
For more information please contact:
E: events@awa.asn.au
6 Mar, 2025
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12.30pm AEDT
