Australia marks International Women's Day 2013
Read MoreMedia conference on ‘Ending Violence Against Women’ hosted by the Australian Embassy, Belgrade in partnership with UN Women at the Belgrade Media Centre on 7 March 2013. Panel Guest Speakers (pictured from left) Ms Asya Varbanova, Director, UN Women, Serbia, Ms Stana Bozovic, State Secretary, Serbian Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, HE Dr Helena Studdert, Australian Ambassador in Serbia, Mr Veran Matic, Director of B92 Fund, Leader of Social Corporate Responsibility in Serbia.
International Women's Day event hosted by the Australian Embassy in Washington; the former Minister for the Status of Women, Julie Collins; the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars' Director of the Global Women's Leadership Initiative, Dr Rangita de Silva de Alwis; and Third Secretary, Rachel West.
8 March 2013From left to right: Lt. Colonel Hout Yan, Lt. Colonel Kea Mannly, and Lt. Colonel Chhoy Kim Horng, all from Central Department of Judicial Police; and HE Ms Neav Chanthana, Deputy Governor, National Bank of Cambodia at the International Women’s Day Morning Tea on 5 March 2013 at the Australian Embassy Phnom Penh.
From left to right: Dr Kaing Sophal, Program Manager (Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development); Mr Tara Neil, Program Director (Hagar); Dr Chhim Sotheara, Executive Director (Transcultural Psychosocial Organisation Cambodia); Australian Ambassador Ms Penny Richards; HE Dr Ing Kantha Phavi, Cambodian Minister for Women’s Affairs; Mr Thun Saray, Director (Cambodian Human Rights and Development Organisation-ADHOC); and Mr Run Saray, Executive Director (Legal Aid of Cambodia) posted for photo after Grant Hand-Over ceremony during the International Women’s Day Morning Tea on 5 March 2013 at the Australian Embassy Phnom Penh.
From left to right: Ms Touch Sopharath, Chief of Human Rights Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation; Ms Suong Soksophea, Australian Alumni Association of Cambodia (AAA-C) Committee member; Ms Norng Lina, AAA-C Committee member; Ms Hem Socheat, AAA-C Committee member; and Ms Chea Sopheak, AAA-C Committee member at the International Women’s Day Morning Tea on 5 March 2013 at the Australian Embassy Phnom Penh
From left to right, first row: HE Ms Ouk Mona, Secretary of State, Ministry of Health and HE Ms Hor Maline, Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Women’s Affairs;
From left to right, second row: HE Dr Helen Jarvis, Minister Advising HE Mr Sok An, Minister for the Council of Ministers; HE Lt. Gen. Youk Sokha, Deputy Commissioner General, Cambodian National Police at the International Women’s Day Morning Tea on 5 March 2013 at the Australian Embassy Phnom Penh.From left to right: Australian Ambassador Ms Penny Richards, and Cambodian Minister for Women’s Affairs HE Dr Ing Kantha Phavi standing for the Cambodian and Australian national anthems at the beginning of the International Women’s Day Morning Tea on 5 March 2013 at the Australian Embassy Phnom Penh.