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...
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Gabrielle Journey Jones | Arts
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 | Leadership
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 | Media
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...
Jude Finch | Community Activism
For many years, Jude Finch has worked with women and families in the Blue Mountains through The Blue Mountains Women's Health Centre, and The Blackheath Area Neighbourhood Centre in areas such as mental health, children and family services, and health promotion....
Nina Angelo | Arts
Nina Angelo's Workshops, The Fabric of Our Lives give women, whether city or rural, the opportunity to tell their stories, offering a fun and safe place to explore and share life, history and community needs. Here women discover their often hidden abilities and...
Simone White | Community Activism
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 | Community Activism
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,...
Erin Wen Ai Chew | Community Activism
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...