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Pilar Lopez is the 2023 recipient of the Making a Feminist Difference in Mentoring award. Her unwavering commitment to women’s empowerment, diversity, inclusion, and gender equality is truly commendable.
Daphne Lowe Kelly is the 2023 recipient for Making a Feminist Difference in Mentoring. She has worked tirelessly toward ensuring the participation and recognition of Chinese Australians, mentoring Chinese Australian women and elevating their voices.
Vanessa Donald-Smith is the 2023 recipient of the Making a Feminist Difference in Mentoring award. Throughout her 30-year employment at DV West (formerly West Connect DV Services), Vanessa has supported thousands of women and children escaping and experiencing domestic and family violence.
Professor Shirley Randell is the 2023 recipient for Making a Feminist Difference in Mentoring. She is an award-winning global mentor, educator, author, public speaker, change activist, and campaigner for human rights for the improvement of the status of women.
Janice Paulson is a proud 76 year old Worimi woman who has dedicated her working life and now her retirement years, to the empowerment of women and girls.
Lorraine Usher is a past President of the Mining & Energy union, and was a founding member of ‘Women in Male-Dominated Occupations and Industries’ (WiMDOI).
Melina Georgousakis is the founder of ‘Franklin Women’, a grassroots social enterprise on a mission to create a health and medical research sector where women can thrive.
Awardees, Adina Jacobs and Bobbi Mahlab are co-founders of Mentor Walks, an organisation premised on the belief that good women help good women.
Awardees, Adina Jacobs and Bobbi Mahlab are co-founders of Mentor Walks, an organisation premised on the belief that good women help good women.
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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.
