I Am Not Negotiable 

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Trigger Happy for IWD 

Today I participated in an International Women’s Day event organised by the  Food For Thought Network, where I was honoured to meet and sit on a panel with the illustrious Prof. Gillian Triggs, President of the Australian Human Rights Council.  Her...

Does Art Effect Change?

On Saturday 5th of March the IMA held its inaugural International Islamic Arts Symposium on the topic of ‘Does Art Effect Social Change?’. Principally funded by the Council for Arab-Australian Relations (CAAR), this event was two months in the making. Its...

Stepping Up to Equality, One Image At a Time

This evening at Victoria University’s premier event of its ‘GameChanger Series’ I was thrilled to emcee a panel with 5 amazing women speaking to ‘What gender equity means to them’.  Using images that conveyed how they see equality,...

#I’llDineWithYou – eating and meeting up a storm

 At the inaugural #IllDineWithYou gathering tonight.  …An 80 metre table set in Melbourne’s City Square, with  280 people, representing up to  80 ethnicities, more language backgrounds, vegetarian Indian and Vietnamese cuisine –...