Welcome to Zonta Club of Blackall Range Inc
Welcome to Zonta Club of Blackall Range Inc
Zonta International
Objectives:
Advocating for sustainable change
Developing leaders for gender equality
Investing in an equal future for women and girls
Achieving global impact through local action
Empowering member to become global advocates
Zonta International is a leading global organisation of professionals empowering women worldwide through service and advocacy.
Founded in Buffalo, New York in 1919, its early members were among the first generation of college-educated women, the first generation of North American women to vote, and the growing, though still comparatively small, legion of women entering the workforce.
Today there are 1133 zonta clubs in 63 countries, working together to improve the lives of women and girls.
Mission
Zonta International is a leading global organisation of professionals empowering women worldwide through service and advocacy.
Vision
Zonta International envisions a world in which women's rights are recognised as human rights and every woman is able to achieve her full potential.
In such a world, women have access to all resources and are represented in decision making positions on an equal basis with men.
In such a world, no woman lives in fear of violence.
Zonta Club Blackall Range Inc
Chartered in October 1997, our club supports charities and organisations, from local through to international, with the ultimate aim of improving the status of women. Our club is one of 44 clubs in Zonta International District 22.
President: Ann Koenig
Vice President: June Robson
Treasurer: Julie Bevan
Secretary: Margy Henderson
Correspondence: Lyndel Grant
Service Chair: June Robson
Membership Chair: Tricia Steer
PR Chair: Linda McElrea
Board Meetings
Currently held on the first Tuesday of the month at the Maleny Bicentenary Meeting Room.
News Update : International Women's Day / Zonta Rose Day 2021 Woman of Achievement Award Winner - Val France
Val is very active in the Maleny and Blackall Range community. A former president of Quota, lawyer and passionate advocate for women's rights, Val is one of the founders and a driving force behind Speak Up Now - a collaboration of Blackall Range service groups focussed on the awareness of and prevention of domestic violence. Val is a very worthy winner of the Blackall Range Zonta 2021 Woman of Achievement award .