Fund Raising
UNIFEM Australia Peace Scholarship Program
UNIFEM Australia offers scholarships to students from selected countries around the world who have demonstrated they have the potential to make a contribution to encouraging greater global intercultural understanding. The IDP Peace Scholarship program has so far brought over 100 international students from 8 countries to Australia.
In 2007, Nasima Rahmani, a law and political science graduate of Kabul University in Afghanistan, graduated from the UTS Faculty of Law. Nasima has returned to Afghanistan to work for women's rights.
White Ribbon Day
The White Ribbon Campaign is a community awareness campaign focusing on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (IDEVAW) known as White Ribbon Day, on 25 November each year.
The Campaign aims to:
- change community attitudes so that men and women have healthy relationships free of violence
- encourage men, supported by women, to take the lead in raising public awareness about the issue
Wear a white ribbon on November 25.
