International Women’s Day Exhibition at VU Library

Visit the exhibition "Worth Our Work: Women, work, and the unfinished business of equal pay" to commemorate International Women’s Day 2026. 

VU Library exhibition, on Level 2 at Footscray Park Library, showcases women’s long struggles for gender pay parity via a range of materials from Special Collections: 

• banner, badges, documents and photos from the Regional Archive - Union of Australian Women 
• books and reports from the Crow Collection 
• journal focusing on Women and the State from the McLaren Collection.

The exhibition also traces activism connected to Aboriginal rights, the origins of International Women’s Day and global movements for women’s human rights and independence.

Come along to view the exhibition and reflect on how women confronted workplace inequalities.

Library guide 

Explore the themes highlighted in the exhibition via the resources listed in the Library Guide International Women’s Day 2026:

• books, e-books, primary documents and documentary films focusing on the Union of Australian Women
• books, e-books and film about Australian women’s fight for labour rights
• e-books about global feminism at work and wage parity in global perspective.