Women and Gender Minorities Network - Annual Report 2024

8 June, 2025

This year we have made progress to strengthen and build community in the MacDiarmid Institute Women and Gender Minorities Network. Our inaugural chair of the network, Jaye Barclay (they/he, takatāpui, Ngāti Apa, Ngāti Hauiti, Te Āti-Haunui-a- Pāpārangi), was appointed in April. They bring with them to the position an enthusiasm for building and maintaining a sense of community and support for those of marginalised gender identities in STEM.

The Institute’s Women and Gender Minorities breakfast on 18 November 2024

The network had an initial hui in October to formalise wording of the name change and discuss hopes and expectations for the network going forward, culminating in the first (hopefully of many) in-person breakfast meet-up at Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington's Kelburn campus during the Institute's annual symposium in November.

We look forward to hosting similar in-person and online gatherings to promote whakawhanaungatanga across the Institute, and we hope to grow network capacity and involvement of staff and students alike. Watch this space!

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