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Catherine Ordway has championed women in sport for over 20 years, nationally and internationally as a sports lawyer, administrator, anti-doping and integrity expert, board member, media commentator and university educator. She has worked tirelessly for women in sports...
The Women in Prison Advocacy Network (WIPAN) aims to support women throughout their encounters with the criminal justice system by providing them with guidance and support through mentoring. As a WIPAN mentor, Janine Whiteman has provided one-on-one living skills and...
Liz Rickman, a GP from Annandale, Sydney, and Carol Booth, a GP at the Durri Aboriginal Medical Centre in Kempsey, have been feminists since their university days. They have worked at women’s community health centres, and on women’s health in both remote and urban...
Over three decades Sharron McKinnon has been a passionate advocate for women and children experiencing domestic violence. A Women’s Support Worker, and then Manager at the Jessie Street Domestic Violence Service, Sharron initiated projects which continue to enhance...
Amanda Hill, a feminist lesbian of Aboriginal background, is a lifelong challenger of gender stereotypes. A community worker across South West Sydney, in youth and women's refuges, health and resource centres, and currently as Manager of the Liverpool Women's Health...
Lina Cabaero has worked tirelessly to improve the conditions of textile, clothing and footwear outworkers, most of whom are women. In 2012 she facilitated and co-ordinated outworkers in a campaign for the NSW Fair Work Amendment (Textile, Clothing and Footwear...
The Ednas Recipient list, 2011 -2019
Older Women’s Network NSW
8-10 Victoria Street,
Newtown NSW 2042, Australia.
+61 – 2 – 9519 8044
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.
