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Simone is a remarkable and committed feminist activist who has devoted her personal and professional life to advocacy on behalf of some of Australia's most vulnerable women, those who live with sexual and family violence. She is a specialist counsellor at the Rape and...
Lewina Jackson is known throughout the NSW Sexual Assault sector for her outstanding contribution. Based at the Eastern and Central Sexual Assault Counselling Service she has worked tirelessly for over fifteen years to assist survivors, going to court with clients,...
In 2013 Erin Wen Ai Chew established the Asian Australian Alliance, and the following year the Asian Australian Alliance Women's Forum (AAAWF), both providing a network which has grown interstate. The Women's Forum is currently conducting a survey to identify the...
In her work life over the last 35 years Jane Davidson has been passionately committed to empowering women and children against all forms of violence. In the 1970s she founded the Women’s School of Self Defence, giving confidence and self defence skills to hundreds of...
Heidi Zajac is the founder and director of Cooking Circles, a model that brings women together to share culture, stories, recipes and food, thus promoting relationships between women from different backgrounds. Heidi devloped the Cooking Circles model from her YWCA...
For 20 years, Julie Perkins has been the Regional Manager of the NSW/ACT Aboriginal Legal Service's northern zone. She has worked tirelessly to establish local regional services for Aboriginal women, run by Aboriginal women, and has demonstrated the success of this...
Saba Vasefi is an Iranian-Australian feminist filmmaker, poet and human rights activist who arrived in Australia in 2010 as a political refugee fleeing persecution in Iran, where she campaigned for social justice and women's rights. She was paralysed as a result of...
The Ednas Recipient list, 2011 -2019
The Ednas Recipient list, 1998 -2010
Older Women’s Network NSW
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Newtown NSW 2042, Australia.
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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.
