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This year women are getting counted in

By Shannon Colee

Mar 5, 2024

Inspiring: Local lawyer and director at Cosgriff Lawyers Skye Engwerda will be a part of the International Women's Day panel. Photo: Supplied

One hundred women will be joining Echuca Regional Health this Thursday to commemorate International Women’s Day.

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The sold-out event which explores the theme ‘Count Her In’ will include a panel with three local women including ERH Board chairperson Stacy Williams, lawyer and director at Cosgriff Lawyers Skye Engwerda, and community member and farmer Kate Dixon.

The panel will touch on the the vast contributions women make to local and global economies, including through their unpaid (and often unacknowledged) care and work in the home, as well as their participation in business, agriculture, and communities.

Rural life: Kate Dixon is a passionate community member, born and bred on farmland. Kate worked on a 121,405ha property running 20,000 Merino sheep and will be on Thursday's panel. Photo: Supplied

ERH’s chief executive Robyn Lindsay said they were excited to be hosting the hospital’s first International Women’s Day event.

“We are thrilled to be able to hear from our panel of local community leaders; Stacy Williams, Skye Engwerda and Kate Dixon, whom we know will captivate and inspire our audience through the 2024 theme for International Women’s Day ‘Count Her In: Invest in Women. Accelerate Progress’,” she said.

Local leader: Panel guest Stacy Williams has been on Echuca Regional Health's Board since 2021 and is currently the chairperson. Photo: Supplied.

“We look forward to coming together to acknowledge and celebrate the vast contributions women make to our local economy, including through their unpaid care and work in the home, as well as their participation in business, agriculture, and community.”