International Women’s Day is a time to recognise the achievements of women and inspire future generations to break barriers and challenge stereotypes. Across our Catholic Schools, female leaders and role models are making their mark, demonstrating resilience, compassion, and a commitment to equality.
Read more in the news features below.
St Catherine’s Catholic College, Singleton students talk leadership on International Women’s Day
The Newcastle Herald spoke with the all-female leadership team at St Catherine’s Catholic College, Singleton; Chole Jones, Charlotte Davey and Keely Andrews.
This International Women’s Day, the young women want to be judged by their character, not their gender, and all three leaders are committed to being strong role models for everyone in their school.
“There’s a lot of kids who don’t have anyone to talk to, and I think we all want to be someone they feel comfortable to come up to,” Ms Hoswell said.
Being a team of women, the students felt it was important for young primary girls to see that it doesn’t have to be men in a leading role.
“Women can do it just as well as men can,” Ms Jones said.
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Hunter teacher’s story of resilience at St Paul’s Catholic College International Women’s Day breakfast
Senior female students from St Paul’s Catholic College, Booragul, heard from Special Education Teacher, Ms Yates, as she shared her story of resilience and overcoming life’s obstacles at their International Women’s Day breakfast.
In 2004, Ms Yates and her two children lost her husband and their father to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma when he was 35 years old.
“You don’t know how to get through those things, but you just keep getting up and taking each day at a time,” Ms Yates said.
