Courtesy of OHF
International Women’s Day is celebrated each year on 8 March and serves to focus the world on women’s rights.
It is a day to fight against bias, take action in the pursuit of equality and to celebrate women’s achievements.
Oceania Hockey Federation, through its Hook in4 Health program enables communities in PNG and Vanuatu to live well, learn well, and lead well through hockey. The program aims to empower women, girls and people with a disability, as well as men and boys, and their local communities to live well, learn well and lead well by removing barriers to participation in sport and physical activity and enabling learning, positive decision making, health, leadership and well-being opportunities while addressing gender inequality and sexual and reproductive health and rights issues in inclusive and dignified ways.
Today we celebrate Jess Fatnowna, one of our Hook in4 Health Train the Hockey Leaders, who works with our partner Cairns Aspire to be Deadly to deliver Hook in4 Health Hockey leader training in PNG and Vanuatu and who is a Cairns Regional Council Young Women of the Year Nomination.
‘Growing up being an Indigenous female I never really had a mentor in my life,’ Jess said.
Julie McNeil is CEO of Aspire Cairns Community Limited and a valued partner working with Oceania Hockey Federation's Hook in4 Health program.
‘Jess Fatnowna is an already experienced and skilled program mentor,’ Julie said.
‘Jess does not shy away from a challenge, and this tenacity sets her apart from peers. She consistently demonstrates a can-do attitude and will find a way to solve a problem.‘
Jess is just 23 years old and is sharing her experiences, knowledge and expertise using zoom and podcasts with PNG and Vanuatu Hockey leaders assisting them to deliver live well, learn well, lead well sport for development learning resources and training programs in meaningful ways within their respective communities.
The Oceania Hockey Federation acknowledges and thanks our program partners and the Australian Government through the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) for their valued commitment to sport for development in Pacific regions that supports Hook in4 Health to fight against bias, take action in the pursuit of equality and to celebrate women’s achievements.
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