Our State - South Australia

10/07/2023 - The Power of Her: Women in Leadership Symposium - Office for Recreation, Sport and Racing

July 10, 2023 DPC Communications Season 2023 Episode 242
10/07/2023 - The Power of Her: Women in Leadership Symposium - Office for Recreation, Sport and Racing
Our State - South Australia
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Our State - South Australia
10/07/2023 - The Power of Her: Women in Leadership Symposium - Office for Recreation, Sport and Racing
Jul 10, 2023 Season 2023 Episode 242
DPC Communications

The Government of South Australia presents, The Power of Her, Creating Change for Gender Equality in Leadership. This one-day women in leadership symposium on 8 August 2023 (held at Adelaide Oval / Tarntanya Wama), is timed to coincide with this year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup, providing our State with a once in a generation opportunity to ensure an enduring legacy to advance gender equality.

In this segment, we hear from Kylie Taylor, who was appointed as the Chief Executive of the Office for Recreation, Sport and Racing in July 2018, previously the General Manager from August 2016. Prior to this appointment Kylie was the Director of Sport and Recreation Development, holding this position since August 2009. Moya Dodd AO, who is a leading lawyer, sports administrator and former vice-captain of Australia’s women’s football team, the Matildas. Having played in FIFA’s first ever women’s tournament in 1988, twenty-five years later she joined the governing body as one of the first women in its 108-year history and quickly became a driving force for improved equality and ethics within its corridors.

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The Government of South Australia presents, The Power of Her, Creating Change for Gender Equality in Leadership. This one-day women in leadership symposium on 8 August 2023 (held at Adelaide Oval / Tarntanya Wama), is timed to coincide with this year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup, providing our State with a once in a generation opportunity to ensure an enduring legacy to advance gender equality.

In this segment, we hear from Kylie Taylor, who was appointed as the Chief Executive of the Office for Recreation, Sport and Racing in July 2018, previously the General Manager from August 2016. Prior to this appointment Kylie was the Director of Sport and Recreation Development, holding this position since August 2009. Moya Dodd AO, who is a leading lawyer, sports administrator and former vice-captain of Australia’s women’s football team, the Matildas. Having played in FIFA’s first ever women’s tournament in 1988, twenty-five years later she joined the governing body as one of the first women in its 108-year history and quickly became a driving force for improved equality and ethics within its corridors.