The Women of the World Festival (WOW) is coming to Logan in July to celebrate the achievements of women and girls in the region.
The London-based festival will be held at the Logan Entertainment Centre on July 15 and 16 and follows the highly successful Cairns and Longreach editions held earlier this year.
The festival was founded in London in 2010 and aims to provide a platform for female voices to be heard through a series of bold, entertaining and thought-provoking events to engage people with the ideas of gender equality and diversity.
Co-patron of WOW Australia June Oscar AO said the festival is important in helping unite women from diverse backgrounds across Australia and around the world.
"I look forward to working together and ensuring that the voices of First Nations women and girls are at the forefront of Australia's fight to achieve gender equality," Ms Oscar said.
A number of guest speakers will be present at the event to conversations covering a range of different topics important to women including finance, jobs, business, family and religion.
Distinguished guests will include Human Rights Advocate and Lawyer Nyadol Nyuon, QLD Attorney-General Shannon Fentiman, First Nations academic and author Jackie Huggins, Maori leader Tat Mahuru, Queensland multicultural youth ambassador Mary Harm and many more.
Global Advisor for the WOW Foundation and Executive Producer of WOW Australia Cathy Hunt said she was delighted to have worked with local women to celebrate the achievements of women and girls in Logan.
"It is the first time the festival has been held in Logan and we are delighted to have worked with a terrific team of local women to develop this program share stories, engage in new ideas and also laugh and have fun," Ms Hunt said.
"It will give us all the chance to rethink the world in which we want to live, value women's work and find solutions to ongoing issues of gender discrimination."
Event organisers have partnered with the Queensland Government to deliver a programme packed full of workshops, conversations and performances.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the festival will ensure that gender-based equality remains front and centre of public discourse.
"It is often said that we can't be what we can't see, and I want young girls and women to grow up thinking 'I can pursue any career, I can pursue any dream', and to take every opportunity that comes their way," the Premier said.
"The more society sees women doing whatever they want to do - whether it is trades or professions or sport - the sillier it seems that it wasn't always this way."
Since its foundation in 2010, the WOW Festival has expanded to more than 30 locations around the world.
Tickets to the event can be purchased online at the WOW Australia website.
