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⏱️Final days to book! Don’t miss the opportunity for our premier event for 2026 👩🌾📢 UN International Year of the Woman Farmer” Fundraising Dinner📍Where: Kent Town Hotel, 76 Rundle st ⏰ When: 6pm onwards Thursday 17th September 2026📣 Keynote speaker: Robyn Verrall, award-winning South Australian agricultural entrepreneur, author, and aspirational speaker 🎫 Tickets: $95 www.trybooking.com/DNSKC2026 is the UN International Year of the Woman Farmer (IYWF). To celebrate we will spotlight the essential roles women play across agrifood systems and their contribution to food security, nutrition and economic resilience. IYWF 2026 raises awareness and promotes actions to close gender gaps.Our event is to shine a light on South Australian regional communities, agriculture and will celebrate innovation, resilience, diversity, leadership and community spirit. We are excited to be highlighting UN Sustainable Development Goal - 15 Life on Land, SDG 5 Gender Equality, SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth and SDG 9 Industry and Innovation.Our Dinner is the UNAASA’s main annual fundraising flagship event. Sponsorships are still available - if you are interested in exploring the benefits of sponsorship please contact us at sa@unaa.org.au We are pleased to announce that this year our fundraiser will help to raise funds for disadvantaged rural youth in South Australia. Thank you to our 2026 Annual Supporting Members: Foodbank SA & Central Australia, Australian Migrant Resource Centre, Adelaide Venue Management Corporation and Enviro. This event is open to all attend. #ruralwomen#womenfarmers#CommunityEvent#SDG15LifeOnLand
Only one week left to register! 2026 is International Year of the Woman Farmer and in celebration UNAASA is thrilled to present Robyn Verrall as our keynote to shine a spotlight on food security, affordability and community resilience 🌟 Don’t miss the opportunity to hear from this award-winning Australian agricultural entrepreneur, author, and community leader. Robyn was a finalist in the SALife 2022 Absolute Best Community Individual Awards, the 2022 SA AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award Winner, and the 2024 Global Women Changing the World (Agriculture) Runner Up.More recently, she was founder of Harvesting Potential Ltd, a not-for-profit charity dedicated to empowering women and girls in regional and rural communities. She is the Chair of the SA Skills Commission’s Agribusiness, Food, Wine, and Beverage Board and serves on the boards of SA Leaders for Gender Equity and the Regional Development Leadership Program (Limestone Coast).Her insights are deeply valued by government and industry leaders across South Australia, nationally, and internationally. Known for her heartfelt engagement, groundbreaking ideas, and relentless commitment to challenging the status quo, Robyn leaves a lasting impression on everyone she meets.📍Where: Kent Town Hotel, 76 Rundle st ⏰ When: 6pm onwards Thursday 17th September 2026🎫 Tickets: 3 courses, drinks and entertainment $95 www.trybooking.com/DNSKCThis event is open to all to attend #YearOfTheWomanFarmerAustralian Women in AgricultureSouth Australian Country Women's Assoc. (SACWA)Department of Primary Industries and RegionsAgriFutures Australia
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Only two weeks left to register! Join us at the Kent Town Hotel to celebrate 2026 as the UN International Year of the Woman Farmer (#IYWF). This is UNAASA’s premier annual event. Enjoy a fully catered, seated dinner, accompanied by beverages with waiter service and entertainment. This year we will be helping to raise funds for Harvest Potential, a charity empowering rural girls and women and promoting economic independence. 📍Where: Kent Town Hotel, 76 Rundle st ⏰ When: 6pm onwards Thursday 17th September 2026📣 Keynote speaker: Robyn Verrall, award-winning South Australian agricultural entrepreneur, author, and aspirational speaker 🎫 Tickets: $95 www.trybooking.com/DNSKCThis event is open to all to attend #YearOfTheWomanFarmerDon’t miss this opportunity to hear from award-winning agri-entrepreneur Robyn Verrall about food security, affordability and responsible community development, a topic that is highly relevant to SA as an agri-food state. We are excited to be highlighting UN Sustainable Development Goal - 15 Life on Land, SDG 5 Gender Equality, SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth and SDG 9 Industry and Innovation. Our event is to shine a spotlight on South Australian regional communities, agriculture and will celebrate innovation, resilience, leadership and community spirit.Thank you to our 2026 Annual Supporting Members: Foodbank SA & Central Australia Australian Migrant Resource Centre Adelaide Venue Management Corporation and EnviroWe look forward to seeing and welcoming you at this special event
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🌏We wish you success Major "Moogy" Sumner. Dupang is an important annual festival celebrating culture, Country and community on Ngarrindjeri Lands at the Coorong waterfront. Preserving and sharing Aboriginal dance, art and knowledge from across Australia 💛I'm excited to share we are in the process of pulling Dupang Festival 2027 together and are applying for a grant through Country Arts SA which is due midnight tonight. I have a favour to ask you! ---- We need as many letters of support for our project grant project. If you would like to help and show us your support - send us an email with a message of support to yarnin.pangari@gmail.comIf you have been - what did Dupang mean to you? You can also share a message of support below. Thank you for your help.
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United Nations International Youth Day celebrates the resilience and capabilities of our youth as they navigate and lead change in an increasingly complex and ever-changing world.This year’s theme, Different Contexts, Common Aspirations, highlights that no matter their cultural, social or religious background, young people around the world are united by many shared aspirations and an opportunity to build a better future.Today is International Youth Day 2026, themed "Different Contexts, Common Aspirations." 🌏✊ Across Asia and the Pacific, young women and girls are growing up in vastly different realities - yet they share the same hopes: equality, opportunity, and a voice in decisions that shape their lives. Whether they're building peace, breaking barriers in sport, protecting the planet, or shaping the future of AI, young people are driving change now, not just leading it tomorrow. UN Women is committed to standing #ForAllWomenAndGirls, everywhere. #InternationalYouthDay
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