Just a short post today to share a little bit of exciting news! I can officially announce that this year I am going to be working with the team at ‘Country to Canberra’ as their new Blogger Team Director – wahooo! This is a volunteer position, but I am thrilled to be working with the very inspiring Hannah Wandel (Hannah’s just a little bit of a super star! She was on the Financial Review Westpac ‘100 Women of Influence’ list for 2015, she was also an ACT Young Woman of the Year 2015 finalist, a 2015 Layne Beachley Aim for the Stars Foundation Scholarship winner and a 2014 Great Ydeas winner), along with a team of talented teenage girl bloggers!
The mission of Country to Canberra is “To empower rural girls to reach their leadership potential”. There is heaps more information on the Country to Canberra website but here’s a basic outline of what Country to Canberra is trying to do;
- To empower teenage girls (between 13-19) living in rural and regional Australia to pursue leadership opportunities at school and within their community;
- To encourage more young women to pursue a career in politics or seek out executive-level roles.
- To increase youth discourse about gender equality in rural Australia;
- To facilitate mentorship between established female leaders and rural girls;
- To build career networks, increase confidence and provide ‘resume booster’ opportunities for rural girls; and
- To engage and support girls in Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander communities.
*Please note: Country to Canberra is not aligned with any political party.
I am very passionate about regional and remote Australia and would love to see these communities better represented in our country’s top level policy making arena’s, particularly by women, who I think are grossly under utilised in Australia! It is a little bit thrilling to have been choosen to be a mentor and director of the Country to Canberra blogging team. Combining two of my great loves – blogging and rural australia – how awesome is that! I really hope that I can be of some value to the teenage girls as they begin their blogging journey’s and am determined to help spread the good work that Country to Canberra is doing!
Please could you all head over to the Country to Canberra social media handles, give them a follow and tell you friends too 🙂 🙂
Facebook: facebook.com/CountrytoCanberra
Twitter: @CountryCanberra
Instagram: @countrytocanberra
LinkedIn: /CountrytoCanberra
Country to Canberra is a terrific opportunity for teenage girls in rural Australia and we’re looking for some new bloggers to join the team, so please spread the word if you know anybody who might be interested!!
2016 is going to be a great year! Look out Australia – the country girls are comin’ at ya! xoxoxox
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