On average, women and children in developing countries carry up to 15 kilograms of water, over more than 5 kilometres and for as long as 8 hours every day!!

Help us raise awareness of this issue through participating in our Spring Walks!

Launching on the International Day of Peace, Sunday September 21, Spring Walks encourages people to either organise or participate in Spring Walks occuring across Australia.

Organising a walk is easy! If you would like further information on how to orgainise a Spring Walk or register your Spring Walk, please click here [1].

Participating in a Spring Walk is easy! If you would like further information on participating in an organised Spring Walk, please click here [2].

Where does the money you raise go?

All money raised from Spring Walks in 2008 goes towards our Peace Scholarship Programme.

UNIFEM Australia works with the IDP Peace Scholarship Trust of IDP Education to provide opportunities for young women to study at Australian Universities who have already contributed to peace and gender equality in their own country, and who have pledged to continue that commitment on their return home.

We have sponsored several students from the Pacific who have studied a wide range of subjects and attended various universities throughout Australia. We have also sponsored five law students from Afghanistan, including three students currently studying in Sydney. To find more information about our current Peace Scholars, click here [3].

This programme empowers young women from East and South East Asia, Afghanistan and the Pacific and makes a valuable contribution towards promoting peace and equality across the globe.

Please assist UNIFEM Australia to raise funds to empower women worldwide this Spring.

If you have any questions regarding Spring Walk, please feel free to email us at admin@unifem.org.au [4] or call our National Office on (02) 6285 8254.

Supporters

UNIFEM Australia would like to say a big thank you to the supporters of the Spring Walks campaign: