As February slips away, another birthday – number 58 – is acknowledged for Australian Church Women (ACW) and a new ACW year begins. Another year to support our program and the associations with whom we are linked: · the Asian Church Women’s Conference · the Fellowship of the Least Coin · Special Days · the Winifred Kiek Memorial Scholarship · and various projects. Speaking of celebrations, one of our Vic Unit members sent me an article

On 11 February, it will be the 8th anniversary of the annual observance of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. It is a day to acknowledge the role of women and girls in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The acronym STEM is in common use to denote these areas of study and employment. According to the United Nations website, the timeline for adopting the International Day of Women and Girls in Science occurred as follows: ‘On 14 Ma