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<p><b><font size=3 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
font-weight:bold'>This VLGA training workshop on Women’s Health is a
great opportunity to learn about getting women’s <font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'>h</span></font>ealth and <font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'>w</span></font>ellbeing on your local Government’s
agenda.</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue;font-weight:bold'>The VLGA with WHIN and Women’s Health West
invites you to unravel the mysteries of<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=4 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue;font-weight:bold'>Getting women’s health on your Local
Government agenda<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=4 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=4 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue;font-weight:bold'>Do you want to achieve this goal?<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=4 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue;font-weight:bold'>A practical workshop:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=4 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue;font-weight:bold'>for Councillors, Local Government officers and
community workers who<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=4 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue;font-weight:bold'>want to influence and work with their Local
Governments to do so.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=4 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>Facilitated by:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 color=black face=SymbolMT><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
SymbolMT;color:black'>• </span></font><b><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;
font-weight:bold'>Liana Thompson </span></font></b><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Victorian
Local Governance Association (VLGA)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Liana has been involved in Local Government as a Mayor, Councillor
and Director for nearly 20 years. She is a founding VLGA<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>member and Inaugural VLGA President, has been a Ministerial
Adviser and is in the Who’s Who of Australian Women<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><font
size=1 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 color=black face=SymbolMT><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
SymbolMT;color:black'>• </span></font><b><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;
font-weight:bold'>Kathleen Maltzahn </span></font></b><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Women’s
Health in the North (WHIN)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>As well as being Executive Director of WHIN, Kathleen has been an
elected Councillor with City of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Yarra</st1:place></st1:City>.
Her work against the<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>trafficking of women for prostitution includes 'Trafficked',
shortlisted for the 2009 Human Rights Award for Non Fiction Literature.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>She is a recipient of the Inaugural National Council of Women
(Victoria) Dame Phyllis Frost Award.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>This workshop is interactive and you will come away with a better
understanding of:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 color=black face=SymbolMT><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
SymbolMT;color:black'>• </span></font><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Strategies
to achieve better health and well being for women in the community<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 color=black face=SymbolMT><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
SymbolMT;color:black'>• </span></font><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>How to
build relationships between community organisations, Councillors and senior
Council<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>officers to support women’s health<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 color=black face=SymbolMT><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
SymbolMT;color:black'>• </span></font><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>How to
influence Councillors and your Council agenda - both politically and
administratively<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 color=black face=SymbolMT><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
SymbolMT;color:black'>• </span></font><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Strategies
to develop productive working relationships with Local Governments<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 color=black face=SymbolMT><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
SymbolMT;color:black'>• </span></font><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Maximising
opportunities to strengthen your Local Government’s roles in women’s
health<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 color=black face=SymbolMT><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
SymbolMT;color:black'>• </span></font><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Successful
practices in women’s health and well being at the local level.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>All of this is timely as your new Councils
consider their priorities!<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>When</span></font></b><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>:
Saturday 4 April 2009 <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>12.45 for 1.00pm </span></b>start
-4.30pm<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>Where</span></font></b><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>: VLGA <st1:address
w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">60 Leicester St</st1:Street> <st1:City w:st="on">Carlton</st1:City></st1:address>
(near corner <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Queensberry St</st1:address></st1:Street>)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>Fees</span></font></b><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>: $90
(pp full fee) or $75 (pp if you bring along a colleague from within your
organisation)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;
font-weight:bold'>For further information: <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Linda</st1:PersonName>
Bennett or Liana Thompson 9349 7999.</span></font></b><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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