GAP Project Officer and aspiring pole-dancer What are you enjoying doing at the moment? Exploring the city with my parents who are visiting from China and enjoying being with them. If you were a super-heroine, what powers would you like to…
The WRAP #38- Bringing the Margins to the Centre
Welcome to the last WRAP of 2015! How this year has flown by. As we count down the nights before Christmas, we continue to do our own counting (and reflecting) as we draw closer to the midway point of 16…
Breaking with tradition
This time of the year our minds often turn to tradition. We start to see the overt trappings of a Western Christian tradition and culture all around us, in the snow-capped Christmas trees, the bright red of Santa’s wintery woollens…
Marginal or marginalised?
If we were in any doubt about it, this month has clearly demonstrated that the urgent need to prevent violence against women has well and truly reached both public consciousness and government attention. The international campaign for 16 Days of…
60 seconds with Mmaskepe Sejoe
Human rights advocate, bibliophile and early morning thinker What are you enjoying doing at the moment? Reading and just learning to take life easy. What is the best thing that happened to you today? I had coffee with a friend…
The WRAP #37: Contraception, self-reflection and 60 seconds with Maria Osman
What a busy and exciting month October has been! We’re drawing closer to the sticky end of the year and can feel the business and momentum building! Our highlight this month was holding our annual Strategic Planning Summit to look…
Complexity and contraception
People educated in Australia of ‘a certain vintage’ have the pleasure of recalling the days when school sex education entailed a perky film about the family life of ducks and geese, followed by an obtuse talk from teachers about love…
Power to our future selves
Imagine being a 13 year old migrant girl for the day. Imagine how your 13 year old self might make sense of the 24/7 world of social media, schoolyard banter and popular culture, before the onset of adult cynicism and weariness. If…
60 seconds with Maria Osman
UN delegate and national living treasure What are you enjoying doing at the moment? Since leaving my role as a senior public servant last year I’ve been spending time reconnecting with grass roots women’s groups especially in remote communities as…
The WRAP #36- Myths, migrant workers and 60 Seconds with Dr Nadia Chaves
As September comes to a close, we reflect on a month where the world stopped as we watched unprecedented numbers of refugees flee the Middle East to seek refuge in Europe. We were touched by the nations and people who…