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The four women of the The Baulkham Hills African Ladies Troupe, three of whom are African refugees, have revealed their personal stories of abuse and trauma which, under the nurturing guidance of theatre director Ros Horin, have been transformed into an extraordinary...
Mary Konstantopoulos has created an environment and an online community which celebrates women's role in sport. Ladies Who League (rugby league), is a website to encourage more women to become involved in sport, as both participants and commentators. Spin-offs now...
End Rape On Campus (EROC) Australia is a grassroots organisation run by volunteer students and sexual assault survivors. It demands the right of all Australians, especially women, to receive an education free of sexual violence and free of the fear of sexual violence....
Through her research into the music industry and the union movement Rae Cooper has exposed masculine structures everywhere, leading to better outcomes and positive change for women. The current discourse about flexibility, leadership and women in STEM courses means...
Mehreen Faruqi joined the NSW Legislative Council in June 2013, the first Muslim woman elected to any Australian Parliament. She spearheaded the campaign in opposition to the infamous ‘Zoe's Law' Bill which threatened women's control of their bodies and which...
Hannah Wandel founded Country to Canberra in July 2014 to provide educational and leadership opportunities for young women in rural areas. It has been pivotal in encouraging these women to spread the message of gender equality, particularly in leadership roles, across...
Gabrielle Journey Jones is a poet, drummer, activist, and social worker. She is a co-founder of Creative Womyn Down Under, a group that, since 2006, has encouraged women in their creativity by organising festivals and performances. She confronts the oppression of...
Marion Brown has been making a feminist difference for women for at least the past 30 years, in fact for her whole working life. She began through her work as a lawyer at The Women's Legal Resource Centre where she advised women, including Aboriginal women, on legal...
Erika Addis is one of Australia's most highly regarded cinematographers and has worked in film and television since graduating in cinematography at the Australian Film and Television School in 1979. In an area of the media still highly dominated by men, Erika has been...
Older Women’s Network NSW
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We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we work and live, and we pay our respects to Elders past and present.
We acknowledge the sorrow of the Stolen Generations and the impacts of colonisation on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Edna Ryan Awards supports the Uluru Statement from the Heart, the call for a First Nation's Voice enshrined in the Australian Constitution and a Makarrata Commission to oversee agreement-making and truth-telling.
