all about women Livestreams
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All About Women (AAW) invites audiences to gather and reflect on burning questions about gender, equality, and justice.
An annual festival that marks International Women's Day and celebrates extraordinary artists and thinkers, the 10th All About Women festival includes agenda-setting conversations exploring the ever-evolving big ideas important to women, non-binary people and allies. Join the conversation and catch sessions from leading thinkers Roxane Gay & Nakkiah Lui, Grace Tame & Rosie Batty, Clementine Ford and many more.
A selection of twelve talks will be livestreamed from this year's festival, available to watch from your TV, phone, tablet, or browser thanks to the Stream app. Click here to explore the livestream program and explore the talks you can enjoy from the comfort of your home, from the back of the bus, or from wherever you’re streaming in from.
Livestream Tickets
Festival Pass
Livestream twelve talks from this year's festival
$85 Livestream Festival Pass | Available from 11 Jan
Single Talk
Livestream a talk of your choice
$15 Single Talk Livestream
Live from the Joan Sutherland Theatre | View event
facing up
roxane gay and nakkiah lui
Nothing is off-limits in this conversation between these two incredible writers whose work challenges us with the hard questions about racism and misogyny today.
Live from the Joan Sutherland Theatre | View event
protecting the outspoken
rosie batty & grace tame hosted by jamila rizvi
Rosie Batty and Grace Tame have built their lives around fighting for justice. Together for the first time, they share their experiences of being Australian of the Year, explore the power of personal testimony, and advocacy's personal cost.
Live from the Joan Sutherland Theatre | View event
laura tingle explains it all
laura tingle
The tables are turned as the 7.30 journo becomes the interviewee. Expect her trademark blend of political insight, personal observation and wry commentary as she helps us understand the rollercoaster that is politics today.
Live from the Joan Sutherland Theatre | View event
clementine ford: love sermon
clementine ford
Unrequited romance. Deep friendship. Motherhood. Break-ups. Self-love. Join Clementine Ford as she explores the manifold ways love makes its home in our hearts.
Live from the Drama Theatre | View event
first nations women look to the future
aileen moreton-robinson, chelsea watego, alison whittaker & amy mcquire hosted by larissa behrendt
Indigenous women, white feminism and power; colonial violence and self-determination - what are the obstacles and pathways to a new future led by First Nations women?
Live from the Drama Theatre | View event
after consent
bri lee, lucia osborne-crowley, amy thunig & saxon mullins
Bri Lee, Saxon Mullins, Lucia Osborne-Crowley and Amy Thunig navigate recent changes to consent legislation and the implications for sexual freedom. Are changes to the law enough? What should justice look like? And how to get the next generation of people to be different?
Live from the Studio | View event
for kate
michael bradley, jo dyer & samantha maiden hosted by julia baird
How can we find justice for friends who can no longer speak for themselves? A friend, a lawyer, and a journalist explore the profound commitment of friendship and collective action.
Live from the Studio | View event
the future for women in afghanistan
hosted by diana sayed
The Australian and American troops are gone, the Taliban are back in power. What is life like now for women and girls in Afghanistan and what can we in the rest of the world do to help?
Live from the Studio | View event
beyond the binary
yves rees
What would our world look like if all our current gendered expectations disappeared, and what needs to happen for this to be achieved?
Live from the Drama Theatre | View event
queerstories
maeve marsden
Mothers, daughters, sisters, lovers, femmes, dykes and friends. Five incredible LGBTQI+ writers share a personal tale about their relationship to womanhood - intimate, considered and, as always, rooted in community.
Live from the Studio | View event
the right to sex
amia srinivasan hosted by emma jane
Consent and power relations, gender justice and the state, pornography and freedom - political philosophy professor Amia Srinivasan refuses to turn away from the hard questions about society and sex.
Live from the Drama Theatre | View event
why design matters
debbie millman
Designer Debbie Millman's candid podcast interviews explore invention, truth-telling and inspiration. Join this event to hear a fascinating conversation about the cultivation of invention and imagination.
free digital education streams
We're excited to bring three talks from the festival into schools, available on demand for one week after the festival.
- Facing Up: Roxane Gay and Nakkiah Lui
- After Consent
- Why Design Matters
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