The Women's Officer exists as an acknowledgment of the structural impediments to womens participation in education and society generally. The Womens Officer, together with the collective, organises educative campaigns on feminism and pertinent issues to women on campus such as safety, gender and the curriculum, women and racism, sexual assault, to name a few. The collective meets weekly to discuss issues and organise events and campaigns - all women are welcome to participate and meetings will be advertised in the Bullsheet. The Student Association also has a Women's Committee. Six women are nominated from the student body at a Student Association Council meeting to form the Committee which more or less acts as an Executive to the collective - i.e makes decisions on how to spend the budget, deals with daily business and finalises campaigns.
Feminism is now more than ever incredibly relevant to women on campus.
It's only through challenging dominant paradigms that change is brought about. Your Women's Officer can be contacted through Student Association Administration on 4781 4400. The annual womens publication Orenda will be in its 5th year and is an invaluable opportunity for women to get involved in the production of a magazine from scratch - editing, layout, and familiarity with the amazing technology in the Media Centre. Womens produced magazines are a creative and activist way of countering the one dimensional and male created images of women in the print media. Copies of Orenda 1998 are still available at the Student Association Office.