Stronger leadership is built
when women are connected.
MELBOURNE • FRIDAY 27 MARCH 2026
From connection to capability.
Better Together Women is a one-day development experience for organisations investing in women across roles and career stages.
Women don’t leave organisations because they lack ambition. They leave when connection, confidence, and support erode. Many current development approaches focus on individuals in isolation, resulting in limited impact and little that carries back into the workplace.
Better Together Women responds to this challenge by creating connection that builds real capability.
Why this matters for organisations
From a People & Culture and DEI perspective, the challenges are familar:
Women are burning out, disengaging, or quietly leaving
Fewer women progress into senior and mid-career leadership roles
Professional development is often one-off, with little lasting impact
Connection and peer support are uneven across teams and levels
Organisations don’t need another talk or panel. They need development experiences that strengthen connection and leadership capability in ways that endure.
What makes Better Together Women different
Better Together Women shifts development from individual attendance to shared experience.
Rather than women attending in isolation, the day brings women together to build connection, shared insight, and leadership capability that carries back into the workplace.
This is not a traditional leadership conference. It’s an experience-designed day that combines reflection, conversation, and connection in ways that feel practical, human, and relevant to real work.
What this builds
Women who take part leave with:
Stronger professional confidence and leadership readiness
Broader peer networks beyond their immediate teams
Greater clarity in how they lead, influence, navigate complexity
Renewed motivation they bring back into their workplace
Why organisations choose this experience
Better Together Women brings together three elements rarely offered in a single day: genuine professional connection, shared development across industries, and a collaborative space where ideas are exchanged.
Rather than focusing on individual skill-building in isolation, the experience supports collective development that strengthens how women lead, communicate, and collaborate back at work.
For organisations deciding how to invest limited development budgets, this offers a considered, high-value option.
Join us on Friday 27 March for a day of shared development that strengthens leadership capability and connection among women.
Who is this experience for?
Better Together Women is relevant for:
HR and People & Culture teams
DEI and inclusion leads
People managers
Organisations committed to developing and retaining women
Women attend from different roles and career stages, which is what makes the conversations rich and grounded. FAQs
For organisations
investing in women
with intention.
Leadership capability grows faster
when women work together.
Better Together Women is a new gathering co-designed and led by The Equality Project® and The Long Walk, two not-for-profit organisations with a strong track record of bringing communities together through heart-led leadership, connection and collaboration.
Together, we create space and experiences that move people, spark understanding and show what it truly means to be “better together”.
TJ, Leanne, Marnie and Jenaya.
A meaningful way to mark International Women’s Day
Many organisations want to do something tangible for International Women’s Day, but struggle to find options that feel meaningful rather than symbolic.
Better Together Women offers a meaningful alternative to one-off talks or panels. It brings women together in a focused development experience that builds connection, capability, and momentum beyond a single day.
For organisations looking to mark International Women’s Day with intention, this provides a credible, people-centred option that staff value and remember.
Better Together Women 2026 Program
Friday 27 March · Djerring Flemington Hub
Opening (Location: outside)
- Outside under the trees
- Welcome speech
- Impromptu networking
- Welcome to Country
- Housekeeping
- Little Long Walk
Morning tea
Concurrent sessions
Rooms 1, 2 and the Craft Room run at the same time.
Fishbowl 1:
Women’s Leadership
Fishbowl 2:
Housing Security
Crafting room open
11.30am – 3.00pm
Traditional Aboriginal making. Move in and out at your leisure.
Lunch (BYO)
Concurrent sessions
Rooms 1 and 2 run at the same time. Craft Room remains open.
Fishbowl 3:
Women Supporting Treaty
Fishbowl 4:
Women's Health
Crafting room open
Open until 3.00pm. Drop in anytime.
Afternoon tea
Philosopher’s Walk
A guided walking conversation with a partner, designed for reflection and shared thinking.
Celebration
A relaxed closing gathering with live music, drinks available at the bar, and space to connect, unwind, and celebrate the day together.
Program details subject to minor changes at short notice.
Frequently Asked Questions
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This event is for women, 18 years and over, and include:
Women in the workforce, at home, or in the community
Mothers, aunties, daughters, sisters, and friends
Retirees, or those taking a pause
Women who want to connect, share experiences, and learn from others
This event is for women of all backgrounds and life experiences to discuss topics that are meaningful to them. This includes all women, regardless of sex assigned at birth. Some AFAB nonbinary people still live with the everyday experience of being treated as a woman, despite their gender, and they might decide that the conversations and solidarity they'll experience at this event makes it right for them. Others will decide that a women's event isn’t their vibe, and that's okay too.
Bring your full self, your stories, ideas, questions, and curiosity. This day is about celebrating your diversity and feeling inspired and supported by other women who are better together.
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Short answer: Yes
Long answer: We know that accessible doesn’t just mean there’s a lift. We try to make our events responsive to those attending, so rather than providing accommodations that nobody attending needs, we’d love to chat about what would make it accessible for you.
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We're turning lunch into a community picnic, and we'd love you to be part of it. Bring your own food, find a spot on a picnic blanket or chair, and settle in with the people around you.
There is no cafe onsite, but a full kitchen is available if you need to heat anything up. We'll also have a DIY tea and coffee station ready for you.
We'll update this page if any additional food options become available.
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Our two crafting rooms will be open all day, with alternative activities. There will also be a space to sit and have a cup of tea, and a beautiful balcony with a native garden if you need a nature-break.
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The venue is easily accessible by public transport.
There is also parking onsite for about 50 people, and lots of street parking just up the road.
Better Together Women 2026 is brought to you by:
Non-alcoholic drinks proudly sponsored by:
BETTER TOGETHER® WOMEN 2026 will take place ON WURUNDJERRI Country.
The Equality Project® respectfully acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land on which we will gather for this event. We wish to pay respect to Elders past, present and future and recognise the deep connection and important role that First Nations people have and continue to play.
We acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded.