19 September 2023 marks 130 years of women holding the right to vote (suffrage) in Aotearoa New Zealand. To celebrate this, we are holding a special open day at the Nelson Women’s Centre, on Tuesday 19 September from 10am-4pm.

During that day we would like to hold an exhibition – called ‘Being a woman in…’ – that will take us on a tour around the globe, from the female perspective.

This is a call for your contributions – share with us your perspective on the current situation of women’s rights in “your country”.

You could do this by submitting:

• Short stories
• Poems
• Drawings
• Paintings
• Recordings
• Photographs
• A speech that we could weave into our open day

On the day there will be the opportunity for people to vote for their favourite submission. There will be a prize for the submission with the most votes.

The deadline for submissions is Thursday 31 August

Submissions to:

Nelson Women’s Centre

44 Trafalgar Street

03 546 7986

office@nelsonwc.org.nz

Find out more about our Open Day here