capawomen

06:52 am

Wow, the CAPA president seems to have vanished and resigned. Now the vice president seems panicky.

10:24 am

Wow, this is terrible, apparently the CAPA president has gone missing now!
First he was not answering my calls and emails and I thought it was personal and now it's just him = gone. Whoops.

09:07 am

I am so tired!
There should be a few marches happening for women against violence soon for Reclaim the night:

Friday 27th October, Reclaim the Night Sydney. Women meet at 6pm at Town Hall to march to Customs House Square Circular Quay. 1 in 5 women have experienced sexual violence. 1 in 3 women have experienced physical violence. It doesn’t have to be this way. Demand an end to violence against women. Experience an electrifying feast of music, art, circus, spoken word, theatre and workshops! Contact University of Sydney Women's SRC (02) 9660 5222

02:55 pm

11:08 am

Extra reading materials? I had been browsing through my reading materials this morning and came across this reply.

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11:41 pm

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I wonder who Ms Goward is, it's so strange, I kept reading mrs government-howard the first time I read through the article.
I had never heard of APMAIF before. I think I may need to look into it more.
I also haven't really had a good look at what had been said about breastfeeding and studying, but I guess daycare says it all really.
Some campusses had been very pro-active about their women on campus so I wonder what had been said regarding that.

12:39 am

another year has passed
so now it's my birthday again
:)

03:12 pm

I have a pimple, exams and i want to die!!!
My accupuncturist is also gone for three weeks. Eeep.
Poor me...

07:07 pm - Re: Women and health

I found this on the BBC news and was wondering if anyone knew if the situation is the same in Australia.
I feel pretty bad about it. Does anyone have similar stories or know of other types of cancer patients that do not suffer from a predominately (or women-only) female type cancer?


'I wasn't offered vital cancer support'
By Jane Elliott
Health reporter, BBC News

When Sue Keir was diagnosed with breast cancer the care she got was superb.



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03:29 pm

I think I have befriended WA. They are all so lovely, but it was a shame that only 3 out of the 4 universities came. I wish there were more. I applied for funding from the council and asked the sa's to fund a trip for me to WA, as I've decided that WA is very important. The sa's seem to think this a good idea. Hopefully we can do this together so I can see everone when I am down there.

(hint, Annie, you can add me now if you want)

I've also asked them for a women's officer and I think I may have made my own victorian woman's regianal officer. I think it's better that way.

I tried to put up a motion with SA and WA as I had trouble accessing resources but it was called out of order by the VP and then not presented to council when I was busy at my hotel getting kicked out as the bills hadn't been paid.

12:50 pm

Well the International Student forum just finished.
It seemed problematic with Neena having resigned.
My representative who is postgrad brought up issues of less work and CAPA merging with NUS. (ahem????0
So I'll see what happens at the next forum.

Last night was lovely. I wish more people had turned up from yesterday to today.
I guess I'll see them tomorrow.

11:57 pm

Is anyone else going to the CAPA conference this week? It starts on Friday and finishes on Sunday. If you are interested, your uni sa or union office should pay for it and your accomodation.

04:44 pm

i want to make a news letter for (postgrad) women studying in Australia. If you feel you may have anything worth contributing or any issues you would like to discuss through a newsletter medium about yourself, your interests, study or feminism in Australia please let me know.

Capawomen

capa_women@yahoo.com.au

01:48 pm

I had my first phone conference yesterday. it was great!

04:45 pm - Women's Day

Hey is anyone doing anything for International Women's Day, next Wednesday the 8th of March. I was invited to something in Victoria and Queensland but I have classes, so that's a bit far for me.
So far I've found this in Sydney:
Women for Peace Event
Wednesday 8th of March, 12 am - 5pm

"You are asked to support a peaceful gathering of women in the vicinity of the office of the United States Consul General, outside the MLC Building, Martin Place, Sydney.
For further information: http://twenty-o-three.info?

Is there anyone from this community going to this event or have you heard of anything else happening?

03:30 am

Tomorrow is mardi-grass day, it should be pretty cool. I haven't decided on whether to go or not. There'll be a ani vsu float from supra and a uts float.

Finally got some time to myself tonight, went out and saw some sydney.

Yesterday was the supra bbq. It was raining just as I left. The women's officer for supra didn't come.

04:51 pm

Hi, I've started www.livejournal.com/community/au_fem_postgrad , please feel free to join.

01:38 pm - My bio is online :)

http://www.capa.edu.au/frameset.html?./members/index.html

01:25 pm - My Day

So I finally told my friend from my livejournal mobiletash about this livejournal that I just made for the volunteer project that I am working on capawomen, I'm not sure about all the layout yet but I'm trying to give it a go.

Yesterday I went to the Operahouse for the Mardi-grass and saw an American drag show (I think). It was really fabulous and the actors were Herb and Kiki. :D I loved Kiki and Herb was the best pianist!!

I invited myself along to the premier today of the www.eyesonthehills.com which is at Fox studios this afternoon. I don't normally watch much horror, but I thought, just this once should be ok. :)

01:25 pm - Invitation

Hey wonderful women!

Seeing as we've had an 'oh so successful' campaign with RU486, its time
to celebrate our wins!

Come to a picnic!
This friday at Victoria Park from 5:30 onwards.

what to bring?
Bring something to eat, something to drink and someone who would like
to meet other cool feminists!

In Solidarity
Angela Khodeir

Education Officer
National Union of Students
NSW Branch