{"id":1227,"date":"2011-03-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/index.php\/news\/multi-faith-events-focus-on-women-as-agents-of-change\/"},"modified":"2017-10-14T04:51:43","modified_gmt":"2017-10-14T04:51:43","slug":"multi-faith-events-focus-on-women-as-agents-of-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/index.php\/multi-faith-events-focus-on-women-as-agents-of-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Multi-faith events focus on women as agents of change"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/Portals\/0\/commonwealth%20day%202011%20canberra.jpg\" alt=\"Multi-faith events focus on women as agents of change\" \/><figcaption>Baha&#8217;i representative Tessa Scrine shakes hands with the Governor General. Young Baha&#8217;is Ehsan Farshid (left of Ms Scrine) and Alexa Pelkowitz (right) were among the readers at the ceremony<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Baha\u2019i representative Tessa Scrine was among religious leaders at the Commonwealth Day multi-faith ceremony in Canberra on 14 March 2011 attended by Governor General Quentin Bryce.<\/p>\n<p>Religious community representatives delivered a unified message about the important role of women as agents of change in society, the theme of the event.<\/p>\n<p>Readers from Baha\u2019i, Christian, Hindu, Islamic, Jain, Jewish, Sikh, and Sukyo Mahikari communities read quotations which focused on the role of women.<\/p>\n<p>The Baha\u2019i readers were Ehsan Farshid, 17, and Alexa Pelkowitz, 16. They included the following Baha\u2019i quotation in their readings:<\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cOnly as women are welcomed into full partnership in all fields of human endeavour, including environment and development, will the moral and psychological climate be created in which a peaceful, harmonious, and sustainable civilization can emerge and flourish.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p>The Governor-General presented a message from Queen Elizabeth II, who said that this year the Commonwealth is reflecting on what more could be achieved if women were able to play an even larger role.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026Let us all give a thought to the practical ways in which we, as individuals or as groups, can provide support to girls and women &#8211; so that everyone can have a chance of a fuller and more rewarding life, wherever they happen to be born,\u201d the message said.<\/p>\n<p>Australian Capital Territory deputy chief minister Katy Gallagher delivered a message on behalf of Prime Minister Julia Gillard.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Australia women are agents of change across all sectors of the community, and often at great personal sacrifice,&#8221; the message said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Their achievements should be recognised and celebrated and their inspirational stories told to others who in turn may be inspired to achieve change.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Traditional Mongolian and Indian dances were performed and there were musical presentations from Woden Youth and Pacific Island choirs.<\/p>\n<p>At a Commonwealth Day observance in Perth attended by the Governor of Western Australia, Dr Ken Michael, two Baha&#8217;is, Fiona McDonald and Wendy Wisniewski, read quotations from the Baha&#8217;i Writings.<\/p>\n<p>At a similar event in Brisbane attended by Queensland Governor Penelope Wensley, a local Baha&#8217;i, Susan Handley, was among representatives of seven religions who delivered readings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baha\u2019i representative Tessa Scrine was among religious leaders at the Commonwealth Day multi-faith ceremony in Canberra on 14 March 2011 attended by Governor General Quentin Bryce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-releases","category-uncategorised"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.2 - 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