Zonta Club of Hervey Bay

30/10/2026

🌙 Reclaim the Night Walk

Safety in our streets and public spaces isn't a privilege. It is a fundamental right.

Marching alongside the local community, the Zonta Club of Hervey Bay stood united against gender-based violence, demanding a safer world where everyone can live without fear of harassment or assault.

30/10/2026

29/10/2026

WE WILL MARCH TONIGHT!!

See you all at the Seafront Oval 5.30pm for a 6pm start.
Share this information, bring a friend, support safety for our women and girls!

📣 TAKE A STAND: RECLAIM THE NIGHT HERVEY BAY ✊

Every woman and girl has the right to feel safe, be safe and live free from violence. Join us as we unite to demand security, safety, respect, and an end to gender-based violence in our community.

📅 When: Friday, 30 October 2026
⏰ Start time: 6:00 PM
📍 Meeting Point: Seafront Oval
✊ Bring your banners, signs, noise, and support! Let’s make our voices heard loud and clear across the Fraser Coast.

Bring your family, friends, and colleagues. Everyone is welcome to march in solidarity.

28/10/2026

🌏 OUR CLIMATE FUTURE: WHY EMPOWERING WOMEN AND GIRLS IS ESSENTIAL

What will a changing climate mean for future generations?

Rising climate pressures can increase poverty and food insecurity, disrupt girls' education, threaten livelihoods and leave women and girls more vulnerable to exploitation.

In the final part of our four-part series, Trina McLellan explores the longer-term consequences of climate change and why empowering women and girls is crucial to creating a fairer, safer and more resilient future.

As this series concludes, one message stands out: women are environmental stewards, the backbone of resilience, and agents of change.

🎥 Watch Part 4 on YouTube: 👉 https://youtu.be/MXZR5JR-0-U

💛 Thank you for following this series with the Zonta Club of Hervey Bay. You can support Zonta’s Say NOW to Gender-based Climate Action campaign by connecting with your local Zonta club.

Please watch, share and help spread the message that climate action must include women and girls. https://zontasaysnow.org.au/

📸UN Women/Dr Christopher Bartlett

28/10/2026

📸 Enjoying dinner at the Hervey Bay RSL after our monthly Club Meeting where we talked about the busy weeks ahead in the lead up to and during the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, including:

✨️ Elder Abuse: Uncovering the Hidden Face of Domestic Violence presentation by David Lee MP : Thursday 12 Nov 2026 | 2PM start at the Hervey Bay Library, 23 Main St, Pialba

✨️ Ringing of the Bells to remember women and children who lost their lives to domestic violence: Sunday 22 Nov 2026 | 10.30 AM start at St John's Anglican Church, Doolong cor Gilston Rd

✨️ Look out for the Orange Ladies on display around town with information about gender-based violence prevention and support

✨️ Donation of dignity bags to victim-survivors of sexual assault/abuse

27/10/2026

🔥 🌧️ CLIMATE CHANGE: A GROWING CHALLENGE FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS

From Australia's devastating Black Summer bushfires to destructive floods, powerful cyclones and prolonged droughts around the world, climate-related disasters are affecting millions of lives.

But the consequences don't end when the flames die down or the floodwaters recede.

In Part 3 of our series, Trina McLellan explores how climate disasters can deepen existing inequalities and increase the risks of violence and hardship for women and girls.

Why must climate action also address gender inequality? And what can we do to help build safer, more resilient communities?

🎥 Watch Part 3 on YouTube: 👉 https://youtu.be/5sS4rXuHIhk

💛 The Zonta Club of Hervey Bay supports the empowerment of women and girls as a vital part of climate action.

📸credit: UN/Ethan Swope

26/10/2026

🌿 CLIMATE DISASTERS DON'T AFFECT EVERYONE EQUALLY

When disaster strikes, the challenges facing women and girls can extend far beyond the immediate loss of homes and livelihoods. Access to sanitation, healthcare, food, water and personal safety can become urgent concerns.

In Part 2 of our four-part series, Trina McLellan examines what respected international institutions tell us about the growing climate crisis and the disproportionate risks faced by women and girls in disaster-affected communities.

Are we prepared for the challenges ahead — and are we doing enough to protect those most at risk?

🎥 Watch Part 2 on YouTube: 👉https://youtu.be/P3434v-lkuo

💛 Join the conversation and discover why empowering women and girls must be part of the climate solution.

📸credit: Oxfam/Aubrey Wade

25/10/2026

🌏 CLIMATE CHANGE: WHY WOMEN AND GIRLS MATTER

Climate-related disasters are becoming more frequent and severe, here in Queensland and around the world. But did you know that women and girls are often among those most affected — and most overlooked?

In Part 1 of this four-part video series, retired journalist and Zonta Club of Hervey Bay member Trina McLellan explores the devastating impacts of climate-related disasters and explains why empowering women and girls is essential to building a more resilient future.

Discover the three key reasons the United Nations recognises women and girls as vital to climate action.

🎥 Watch Part 1 on YouTube: 👉 https://youtu.be/-aBUh5BJqTM

💛 Learn more about Zonta Says NOW to Gender-Equal Climate Action on https://zontasaysnow.org.au/ and how you can make a difference through your local Zonta club.

📸credit: Wikipedia Commons

24/10/2026

Violence against women is a pervasive violation globally.

It happens in every country and culture but can be prevented if we:
💞 Respect women
💞 Support survivors
💞 Invest in prevention

against women and girls.