This initiative aims to 'normalize' the role of women in international security, through exposing key academic audiences regularly to some of the leading scholars and practitioners in international security, who are high-achieving women.
Policy Dialogue: Protecting and Promoting Australia's Interests in a Time of Strategic Competition
Senator the Hon Penny Wong, Professor Evelyn Goh and Dr Amy King
When: Wednesday 13 November 2019, 6:00 - 7:30pm
Where: Seminar Room A and B, Australian Centre on China in the World, Building 188, Fellows Lane, ANU
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Penny Wong has been a Senator for South Australia since 2001 and has held various cabinet positions since 2004, including the Minister for Climate Change and Water, and the Minister for Finance and Deregulation. In 2013, Penny Wong was elected Leader of the Government in Senate and, after the change of government in September 2013, subsequently became Leader of the Opposition in the Senate. She is the first woman to hold either of these positions in Australia.
Following the 2016 federal election, Penny was also appointed the Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs. In this role, she has advocated Australia’s commitment to the rules-based international order and to being a model of good global citizenship.
Prior to joining politics, Penny studied law and arts at the University of Adelaide, graduating with honours in 1992. She then worked for a union, as a ministerial adviser in the NSW Labor Government, and as a lawyer.
Penny’s particular policy interests include gender equality, international relations, economics, and environmental issues. She regularly campaigns for women, LGBTI rights and a multicultural Australia.
Professor Evelyn Goh is the Shedden Professor of Strategic Policy Studies and Director of Research at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre (SDSC).
Dr Amy King is Senior Lecturer at the SDSC, and an ARC DECRA and Westpac Research Fellow.
This Policy Dialogue is the tenth of the 'Women in International Security: Theory and Practice’ Seminar Series 2018-19, jointly sponsored by the ANU Gender Institute and the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre. Consisting of research, career development, and policy dialogue seminars, this series showcases the work of prominent women in the fields of international security. For more information, contact the Series Convenor, Professor Evelyn Goh evelyn.goh@anu.edu.au.
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