Gender - Does it matter nowadays?

Invitation Melbourne Conversations- Gender - Does it matter
Date:    Monday 10 November 2008      
Time:    6.00pm to 7.30pm, Entry from 5.30pm  
Venue:   BMW Edge, Federation Square, Cnr Flinders and Swanston Streets, Melbourne     

FREE ENTRY - GENERAL ADMISSION

The City of Melbourne together with the Victorian Government's Office of Women's Policy is pleased to invite you and your friends to the latest
Melbourne Conversations event.

Mid-November 2008 marks a hundred years since women in Victoria gained the right to vote through parliament. To celebrate the centenary you are invited to join a diverse panel as they discuss justice, work,
relationships, equality, participation, representation and indeed the
contested nature of gender in contemporary society.

SPEAKERS:
Tasneem Chopra - Chairperson Islamic Women's Welfare Council
Dick Gross - Novelist, Lawyer Councillor at City of Port Phillip
Eve Mahlab AO - Convener of the Australian Women Donors Network
Shane Maloney - Novelist
Lyn Morgain - Executive Director of the ALSO Foundation
Dr Clare Wright - Historian and ARC Postdoctoral Fellow, Latrobe
University
MC Ramona Koval - ABC Broadcaster, journalist and writer