LO3: Initiative and Planning

LO4: Working collaboratively with others

This year has been one of my most rewarding yet with BIA. An emphasis was placed on effective planning and good collaboration to carry out those plans. We conducted the following activities:

– created posters that talk about current issues facing women

– assembled a collage of photos for international women’s day

– collaborated with santai to create vouchers for IWD

– designed slides in collaboration with other services that display women in different educational fields

All of these taught me about the various mechanisms and skills required to pull off events successfully. It is seldom just one person. Instead, a great deal of communication and pre-planning is required.

I will likely continue with BIA at the beginning of the next academic year, before handing it off to the next chair. I have learnt so much through my time with BIA, both in the form of strategies for gender advocacy and general leadership and organisational skills. I know that having such skills in my arsenal will bode well for future projects.