International Women's Day 2026 Event

The Women in Economics Network (QLD Branch) is pleased to invite you to our International Women’s Day 2026 event on 10^th March, featuring a keynote address by Danielle Wood on women’s economic participation.

International Women’s Day is an opportunity to celebrate the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women, while also reflecting on the work that remains to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment. The theme for IWD 2026, Balance the Scales, highlights the importance of fairness, inclusion, and access to justice for women and girls.

About the speaker:

Danielle Wood commenced a 5-year term as Chair of the Productivity Commission on 13 November 2023.

Prior to joining the Commission, she was CEO of the Grattan Institute and Head of its Budgets and Government Program. During her time at Grattan, Danielle also held roles as member of the Australian Government’s Women’s Economic Equality Taskforce, the Parliamentary Budget Office Expert Advisory Committee, the Jobs and Skills Australia Consultative Forum and the Australia and New Zealand School of Government Research Committee.

Danielle previously worked in senior roles at the ACCC and at NERA Economic Consulting. She started her career as a graduate at the Productivity Commission.

Danielle holds an Honours degree in Economics from the University of Adelaide and two Masters degrees, one in Economics and one in Competition Law, from the University of Melbourne.

Danielle is an Honorary Fellow and former President of the Economic Society of Australia and a former Research Fellow of the Women’s Leadership Institute. She was the co-founder and first Chair of the Women in Economics Network.

She is currently an ex-officio member of the Australian Government’s Competition Review Expert Advisory Panel.

We warmly encourage all WEN and ESA members, as well as the broader economics community, to attend, and we look forward to seeing you there.