MAHATMA Peace Symposium 2024

You are invited to be our Esteemed Guest at our annual flagship project, MAHATMA Peace Symposium 2024, an Australia-India Cultural Synergies initiative of Saroni Roy Foundation (SRf), to commemorate Mahatma Gandhi’s 155th Birth Anniversary - 'Gandhi Jayanti', and the launch of Cultural Diversity Collective "Super Naari - A Period Equity Initiative".

Your presence and support since the inception of the inaugural Ahimsa Peace Symposium 2021, ensured the peace symposium is a transformative and impactful event for global multicultural communities.

Building on the remarkable success of the MAHATMA Peace Symposium in previous years, hosted at the Parliament of NSW in 2022 and University of Technology Sydney (UTS) in 2023, this year SRf aims to expand the scope of the global community forum. The MAHATMA Peace Symposium 2024 will be hosted as a Cultural Diversity Collective at the Parliament of NSW.

Event: MAHATMA Peace Symposium 2024

Date: Tuesday 24th September 2024

Time: 5:45pm Arrival for a 6pm Start

Venue: Jubilee Room, Parliament of NSW

Dress Code: Black-Tie or Multicultural Attire

Exclusive Invitation-only Event

MPS highlights our ethos that structured peace education is key to making a paradigm shift in the way the world thinks about peace.

In 2024, SRf's focus will be on the ‘Women, Peace & Security’ (WPS) Global Agenda, highlighting Mahatma Gandhi's vision of the role of women in maintaining peace and their significant contributions to peace movements worldwide. SRf believes that women are crucial in creating non-violent, inclusive, and peaceful societies, leading to sustainable and prosperous economies. Our program will include the Global Peacebuilders Forum 2024, a panel discussion to raise public awareness about the WPS Global Agenda, and the launch of the 'Super Naari - A Period Equity Initiative' Campaign, addressing the global peace economics crisis of period poverty, a form of gender-based violence. ('Naari' Sanskrit origin, meaning 'Woman').

Protecting and respecting women’s rights to reproductive health care is essential for gender equity and for building peaceful and resilient communities. The Australian Government's support for the human rights of women and girls and gender equality in fragile and conflict-affected contexts underscores the importance of these issues for economic and development gains, post-crisis stability, conflict prevention, and durable peace. SRf believes that inclusive and peaceful societies lead to sustainable & prosperous economies.

We seek your presence, advice and support in joining this campaign to inform, educate, and communicate the Global Peace Economics Crisis - Period Poverty, its impact in NSW & Australia, perpetuating equitable access to menstrual & reproductive health awareness & education, and accessibility to menstrual health products/circular product options, through the Super Naari - A Period Equity Initiative. Through SRf's robust network of alliance sponsors & partners in Australia and worldwide, SRf aims to sustain the Super Naari campaign for 5 years and beyond, to achieve measurable outcomes. Your support would empower & democratise the Super Naari platform to create opportunities and equitable access to basic human rights for girls & women, transgender-menstruating persons, people that need it most, leading to reduced school drop-out rates, accelerated participation in sports, destigmatizing menstrual health, offering a life of dignity in vulnerable and less-privileged communities.

We look forward to your support, and your presence at the MAHATMA Peace Symposium 2024 to commemorate 'Gandhi Jayanti', and the launch of Cultural Diversity Collective "Super Naari - A Period Equity Initiative" would be of profound significance.