Rural women have less than two weeks to submit applications for the RIRDC Rural Women’s Award 2008, before applications close on World Rural Women’s Day – 15th October 2007.

The RIRDC Rural Women’s Award 2008 supports women with a strong and positive vision for the future of rural Australia. It is open to all women involved in agriculture, including forestry and fisheries, natural resource management and related service industries.

The RIRDC Rural Women’s Award 2008 provides a bursary of $10,000 for each of the seven State and Territory winners and the opportunity for State and Territory winners AND runners up to attend the prestigious Australian Institute of Company Directors course.

Once again one of the seven State and Territory winners will be selected as the RIRDC Rural Women’s Award 2008 National Winner, to represent the Award at a national level, and to promote the important contribution that women make to rural Australia.

The Award 2008 National winner and runner-up will each receive in an additional travel bursary of $10,000.

The Award is an initiative of the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC) in partnership with state government departments of agriculture and primary industries.

The three major sponsors for RIRDC Rural Women’s Award 2008 are the Australian Women’s Weekly, Rural Press and ABC Radio.

Application forms are available from RIRDC (call 02 6271 4100), state departments of agriculture and primary industries, ABC Regional Radio Stations, and the RIRDC Rural Women’s Award website: www.ruralwomensaward.gov.au
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Media contact:
RIRDC Rural Women’s Award National Coordinator Edwina Clowes
0417 727 544 or clowesedwina@bigpond.com

Press-quality photos of the 2007 winners can be downloaded from:
www.ruralwomensaward.gov.au/media2007