Our independent, intelligent media and events enable women’s voices to be spoken, seen, heard and valued. We provide community with resources for improved leadership and build partnerships through people and technology to support women affected by violence. Welcome – you’ve found your flock.
We warmly invite you to share a Courageous Conversation
NOV 15 | 7:00am-9:00am | Scrumptious Reads Paddington | Coffee + Croissant | $12
We offer you the Courageous Conversations experience after nearly two years of asking ordinary women to have the courage to share their stories of leadership, adversity, resourcefulness and legacy. The first set of these stories have been showcased in Feathersome Journal. Through these experiences, and inspired by female story-telling, we have explored and shared wisdom through our own Courageous Conversations – over a few hundred cups of tea, laughs, tears, learning, challenge and fun! Our conversations are part of the living body of work at Feathersome. We receive so much benefit, personally and as a team and we want to share it with you.
This is an intimate room and conversation so the tickets are limited, see you there!
The Feathersome journal offers you an opportunity to read inspiring and intelligent stories about women leading in business, creativity, education, habitat, politics and wellbeing. We curate and print original articles providing access to female courage, resilience, ingenuity and truth. The Journal is a high-quality publication of original articles complemented with a unique design and artwork. We aim for our readers to fully immerse themselves in women’s storytelling and its legacy. The Q&A stories and case articles, along with positive and ethical advertising, provide readers with resources to assist them with their own challenges, encouraging them to move to their own next steps with confidence and support.
Listen along while you read leap stories online or enjoy the printed journal offline.
One Hope Two Give provides hope and resources to women who have experienced violence. Through partner organisations, women receive a hand-written postcard of hope collected from a person within the community. Using social media, the effect of these single messages is multiplied with community liking and also the following of services provides online access to services and resources that are available to the recipient. The process acts as a message of goodwill and the online centralisation of services for each recipient. You can support by writing a card, following and liking on instagram or facilitating the program within your organisation.
A pop up Q & A café, enabling women to share their stories, ask questions and connect with other leaders. Our partnered or signature events offer an opportunity to share stories through writing a One Hope Two Give postcard and by adding voice to our web and print publications. Attendees may also contribute questions for panelists or answering them in a Q&A podcasting session. We love connecting you to likeminded people and hosting discussions with diverse women who are leading with courage and strength. Some of these conversations will be podcast on our website. Both panel discussions and community pods alike form a record of authentic female leadership skills and legacy.
“I’ve never seen anything like this. I go to a lot of these events and it’s kind of like aggressive networking. I just love what this does because it makes you reflect take a step back and think about questions for female leaders.”
This interactive workshop is designed to build self-esteem and confidence in women. Through a set of active listening, scripting and framing exercises each participant is guided to identify their own leadership capability. Our participants recognise how they have come through adversity and understand that they have gathered a toolbox of developed resources that can align them to leadership. The program can be delivered as an opportunity for a woman to connect with her own story, listen to the wisdom of other women and openly share meaningful strategies for feminine empowerment, growth and leadership.
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Women are a little over half the adult Australian population and there are persistent over, under and mis-representations of women within our society.
Women comprise about half of the Australian workforce, yet they continue to be under-represented in visible leadership roles, in key executive and board positions and as parliamentarians.# Women’s voices are not being heard. The paucity of women leaders in key forums of critical decision-making in our society restricts, diminishes and silences women’s voices.^
One woman is killed each week by her partner or former partner. A quarter of women have experienced violence from their partner and women are three times more likely than men to experience this kind of domestic violence. One in three Australian girls and women have experienced physical violence, since the age of 15.* Domestic violence is under-reported and the media’s treatment of violence against women forms part of the context for the prevalence of domestic violence.
With your support we can change these statistics from the grass roots. By purchasing our products and services you are creating a social impact that will empower women and community.
* Facts and Figures ourwatch.org.au
# Australian Census of Women in Leadership and Representation of Women in Australian Parliaments 2014
^ News Media and the Primary Prevention of Violence Against Women and their Children: Emerging evidence, insights and lessons 2017 ourwatch.org.au