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UNiTE to End Digital Violence Against All Women and Girls. A panel conversation on digital safety, financial security and community resilience.

This year’s UNiTE campaign theme, End Digital Violence Against All Women and Girls, highlights the urgent need to address technology-facilitated abuse, including online harassment, coercive control, financial exploitation and threats that occur across digital spaces. As part of the global 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, this focus calls on individuals, organisations and communities to create safer digital and physical environments for women and girls.

On Wednesday, 3 December, our community is invited to a live panel conversation at the Cuppa Co-Lab, where speakers will explore how innovation, leadership and collective action can disrupt cycles of digital and financial abuse. This session will examine how technology can both protect and harm, and how we can design systems that prioritise safety, dignity and resilience.

To support this global movement, International Towers will also be lighting up the towers, creating a visible symbol of solidarity and commitment to a future free from violence.

Event details

Date: Wednesday 3 December
Time: Doors open at 11:30AM, event from 12:00PM to 1:00PM
Venue: Cuppa Co-Lab, Suite 2, Level 1, 300 Barangaroo Avenue, Tower Three
Entry: Please enter via the door outside Wild Sage Cafe, to the right of Woolworths Metro, and look for the Cuppa representative
RSVP: Mandatory due to limited seating

Panel Guests

• Amanda Thompson – Award-winning financial advisor and founder of Endurance Financial, focused on supporting women in building financial independence and long-term security.
• Ren Fernando – ReLove, delivering practical and dignified support for women and families experiencing crisis, helping them rebuild their lives with stability and confidence.
• Catherine Fitzpatrick – Founder of Flequity and leading authority on financial safety by design, whose work has influenced major Australian organisations to prevent financial abuse.
  

Host

• Yasmin London – Leadership specialist, digital safety advocate and CEO of First Movers Inc. Yasmin is widely recognised for helping people navigate both digital and real-world environments with confidence and courage.

What to Expect

• Insight into how technology is enabling new forms of violence and how to interrupt these patterns
• Approaches to designing financial and digital safety into products, services and systems
• Community stories that highlight resilience and recovery
• Practical steps individuals and organisations can take to prevent digital and financial abuse
  

Why It Matters

Digital violence against women and girls is one of the fastest-growing forms of gender-based harm. Addressing it now helps prevent future risk, protect wellbeing and ensure that technology becomes a force for equality rather than a channel for abuse. This conversation invites our community to listen, learn and take action toward creating safer experiences online and offline.