{"id":5309,"date":"2020-03-02T05:44:59","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T05:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=5309"},"modified":"2020-03-02T05:44:59","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T05:44:59","slug":"celebrating-nsw-womens-week-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/03\/02\/celebrating-nsw-womens-week-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"CELEBRATING NSW WOMEN\u2019S WEEK 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Women\u2019s health, economic and social contribution are the focus of events taking place across NSW this week as the State celebrates Women\u2019s Week, ahead of International Women\u2019s Day on Sunday, 8 March.<br \/>\nMinister for Women Bronnie Taylor acknowledged the important economic and social role NSW women play in the community and workforce, urging them to get involved in events that celebrate and empower them.<br \/>\n\u201cFrom boardrooms to building sites, fundraising to firefighting, women are the backbone of our community,\u201d Mrs Taylor said.<br \/>\n\u201cNSW Women\u2019s Week recognises and applauds the amazing work women do whether it\u2019s climbing the corporate ladder, volunteering at the local school or collaborating on creative projects.\u201d<br \/>\nMore than 20 organisations across NSW have received a share of $100,000 in funding from the NSW Government to stage a range of events for women of all ages, backgrounds and interests.<br \/>\nEvents during NSW Women\u2019s Week include a bioengineering student challenge at the University of Sydney, a women\u2019s art and music festival in Lismore, a business networking event in Braidwood and free sports clinics for 2,000 girls.<br \/>\nNow in its second year, NSW Women\u2019s Week coincides with the NSW Women of the Year Awards on Thursday, 5 March and International Women\u2019s Day on Sunday, 8 March.<br \/>\nEstablished under the NSW Women\u2019s Strategy 2018-2022, the week promotes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>economic opportunity and advancement;<\/li>\n<li>health and wellbeing; and<\/li>\n<li>participation and empowerment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information on NSW Women\u2019s Week 2020, go to:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.women.nsw.gov.au\/news-and-events\/nsw-womens-week\">https:\/\/www.women.nsw.gov.au\/news-and-events\/nsw-womens-week<\/a><br \/>\nWhat date is NSW mens week???<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Women\u2019s health, economic and social contribution are the focus of events taking place across NSW this week as the State celebrates Women\u2019s Week, ahead of International Women\u2019s Day on Sunday, 8 March. Minister for Women Bronnie Taylor acknowledged the important economic and social role NSW women play in the community and workforce, urging them to &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/03\/02\/celebrating-nsw-womens-week-2020\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;CELEBRATING NSW WOMEN\u2019S WEEK 2020&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5309\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}