2017 IWD event Newcastle It has become a tradition in Newcastle ( NSW Australia) that International Women's Day is celebrated in style at Timeless Textiles Gallery , with a message of peace, community and compassion and a public stand against violence. Over the years, we have made artistic fabric birds to raise funds for women's refuges; stitched 500 metres of white ribbon to raise funds for the anti-violence organisation, White Ribbon; held free community workshops to create a huge fabric footpath mural; stitched prayer flags to support a women's project in India and made a giant bird which was auctioned to supply tertiary education to underprivileged women in Nepal. This year, 2017 the focus at Timeless Textiles was again strengthening a community against violence - the One Million Stars to End Violence Project. Thanks to Anne Kempton, gallerist and the Newcastle Star Weave community , today's event was truly a celebr...
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