Antoinette Lattouf on Women Who Win at ANU Canberra

ANU MEET THE AUTHOR. Antoinette Lattouf,

May 5. 6 -7 PM. Cinema. Lowitja O'Donoghue Cultural Centre. ANU

Journalist and human rights advocate , Antoinette Lattouf, will be in conversation with Virginia Haussegger on her new book Women Who Win. Celebrating Courage, Conviction and Change, a gripping journey through women who defied expectations and shattered cultural and legal barriers – usually while being cast aside and asked to calm down.

Across history, women were told to sit down, smile and stay quiet. Spoiler alert: they didn’t. They spoke out, stood tall – and ruined the patriarchy’s day. Because of them, women won.In these pages you'll meet: Australia’s first female law graduate; First Nations leaders who resisted colonisation; Pioneers in sport and science;The women behind the first sex discrimination class action; Those fighting against climate destruction. Some names you’ll recognise, others you’ll wish you’d known sooner.

Threaded throughout is Lattouf’s landmark victory – one woman, armed with ethical resolve, taking on Australia’s most powerful media institution. In doing so, she sparked a global conversation on power, prejudice and the price of integrity in the press.

Women Who Win is a fierce, unflinching celebration of grit, guts and glorious defiance. These women didn’t just show up – they came to rewrite the rules and never asked for permission.Less history lesson, more history’s mic drop – and now the stage is yours. Armed with the legacies of those who came before us, what fight will you take on? What victories are within your reach today?

Antoinette Lattouf is an award-winning journalist, presenter, podcaster, author and human rights advocate whose surname has now become a verb – Lattoufed: to be sacked or silenced for defending human rights. Her landmark victory in Lattouf v ABC became a flashpoint in debates about free speech, employee rights, institutional cowardice and what happens when a journalist speaks truth to (media) power. She’s the co-creator of independent media company Ette Media, co-founder of Media Diversity Australia and a TEDx speaker.

Virginia Haussegger AM, a passionate women’s advocate and communication specialist, is an award-winning television journalist, writer and commentator, whose media career spans 30 years. Virginia is Deputy Chair of the media think-tank PIJI, the Public Interest Journalism Initiative and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Canberra’s News & Media Research Centre. She is also President of ACFID, the Australian Council for International Development. Her latest book is Unfinished Revolution: The Feminist Fightback.

The vote of thanks will be given by co-founder, volunteer, board director and busy Mum Emma Pocock

Books will be available for signing from 5.30pm and again after the event.