The Law Institute of Victoria and Victorian Women
Lawyers will next week hold a leadership lunch to celebrate Victorian Women Lawyers.
The event on Thursday (24
November) will spotlight the issue of violence against women in the media and
will feature a discussion with Waleed Aly, Sam de Brito and Judge Felicity
Hampel of the County Court.
White Ribbon Day, which
officially takes place on 25 November, is the symbol of the international day
for the elimination of violence against women.
Aly is a lecturer in politics
at Monash University and works within
the university's Global Terrorism Research Centre. Prior to that, he was a
commercial lawyer and a board member of the Islamic Council of Victoria. In
2005, Aly was made the White Ribbon Day ambassador for the United Nations'
international day for the elimination of violence against women.
De Brito is a Sydney-born author
and writer for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age who
also writes TV scripts and the popular blog All Men Are Liars.
Felicity Hampel SC
is a prominent human rights lawyer and, since 2005, judge of the County Court of Victoria. She began work
as a barrister in 1981, and has served as Adjunct Professor of Law at Monash
University and Victorian Law Reform Commissioner.
