Zonta Club of Northern Beaches Inc.

31/01/2026

Our community event to Stuff + Stitch our Breast Cancer Care Cushions is on next Saturday 7th February, at Frenchs Forest. All Welcome.

29/01/2026

The Sydney Morning Herald:

Five women killed this month alone. All knew their accused attackers. Systemic failures are costing women’s lives.

29/01/2026

'Keeping women alive is everybody’s business. Here’s what we must do next' is an excellent opinion piece by Jenna Price in the The Sydney Morning Herald .

Jenna Price says "When are we going to understand that when a man hurts his partner, it’s not an accident. He means it. He really means it. Researchers tell us that there are eight steps on the way to murder. Eight signs. Eight opportunities to stop the violence.

We are spending January searching for reasons, searching for murderers, five women all killed this month. But are our bail laws really the problem? Sophie Quinn, Nerida Quinn, Velvet Pesu, and two poor bloody women, one in Victoria, one in Queensland, whose names we don’t even yet know. But this much we do know. Those women knew their accused murderers."

Thanks Jenna for engaging with frontline services, including Women’s Community Shelters, and for keeping domestic and family violence in the public conversation.

https://www.smh.com.au/national/keeping-women-alive-is-everybody-s-business-here-s-what-we-must-do-next-20260126-p5nx5t.html

29/01/2026

🧡 Nearly 300 community members came together as the Zonta Club of Northern Beaches Inc, Australia, hosted a Say NO to Violence Walk to raise awareness of the devastating impact of violence against women and standing united for change.

🔗 Read more about the event here:
https://zontasaysno.com/2026/01/28/say-no-to-violence-walk/

Zonta Club of Northern Beaches Inc.

27/01/2026

Zonta Australia
Zonta Australia stands with Zonta International. We share Zonta International’s concern regarding the U.S. withdrawal from key UN organizations and multilateral institutions that advance gender equality and human rights. Gender equality is fundamental to justice, security and sustainable progress. We join the call for global leaders to uphold their international commitments and strengthen the multilateral system.
Read ZI’s full statement: https://bit.ly/4rjcBhP

Zonta International responds to U.S. withdrawal from multilateral institutions

Zonta International expresses its concern and disappointment in the decision by the Government of the United States to withdraw from, or disengage with, a number of key international organizations, conventions and treaties established under the auspices of the United Nations and the broader multilateral system.

Gender equality and inclusion is not optional. It is fundamental to justice, security and sustainable progress. We call on global leaders to uphold their international commitments and strengthen—rather than retreat from—the multilateral institutions that safeguard our shared future.

Read the full statement here: https://bit.ly/4rjcBhP

27/01/2026

The Daily Telegraph:
“President of the Zonta Northern Beaches club Lorna Scott at the Australia Day Breakfast.
Picture: Savannah Pocock
An Australia Day Breakfast on the Northern Beaches that has been running since the 1980s is now the last of its kind in the area, with the committee chairman saying the politicising of the day is the reason such events are dwindling.
Bert Payne Park at Newport has been home to the deeply rooted community event since January 26, 1988, with the community coming together to celebrate with all the old school favourites such as rides for the kids, thong throwing competitions with prizes and live music.
While controversies surrounding Australia Day have resulted in some councils moving away from breakfast celebrations, the chairman of the Newport Australia Day committee said the day meant “a hell of a lot” to him, and he was devastated their Australia Day breakfast was one of the last of its kind.”

26/01/2026

We don't need a Royal Commission to know violence against women is a crisis. Rather, we should be asking why we're not acting on the information we have.

26/01/2026

Lovely morning at Newport Beach for the Australia Day BBQ Breakfast. Thanks to everyone who came along and supported our community event and enjoyed the great family entertainment.

25/01/2026

❤️👏

Astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg has been named the 2026 Australian of the Year for making history as the first Australian to qualify as an astronaut under the country’s space program: https://shorturl.at/bGcwb

23/01/2026

“All are equal before the law.”
Yet the scales still tip.

This International Women’s Day 2026, is a call to close the gap between promise and practice, where rights on paper become rights in reality

Until rights are equal in practice, our work to balance the scales continues.

23/01/2026

We can’t be any clearer.

The NSW Government must increase core funding to specialist DFV services.

We can’t come close to meeting today’s crisis on a budget set a decade ago.

Goodwill is not a funding model.

Daniel Mookhey MLC Chris Minns

21/01/2026

Australia will hold a National Day of Mourning on Thursday 22 January 2026 to honour the victims of the Bondi Beach terrorist attack.

While it is not a public holiday, the day is recognised nationally as a time to pause and reflect together.

As a symbol of remembrance, we're encouraging institutions around Australia to illuminate on the night of Thursday 22 January.

If you would like to observe the day, there are simple ways to do so:
- observe one minute of silence on 7:01pm AEDT on 22 January
- come together with family and friends to share a meal and spend time with people of all faiths and backgrounds
- leave a candle on your doorstep or windowsill as a symbol of remembrance, mourning and solidarity with the Jewish community
- do a good deed or 'mitzvah' for Bondi bit.ly/One-Mitzvah
- share a message of condolence online bit.ly/BB-CondolenceBook