New Takes on Old School

A lovely evening at the #girtongrammar VCE Conference Dinner tonight. Co- alumnist, Tim Wastell & I, both delivered presentations to hopefully inspire this cohort of 2017 Year 12 students. We each spoke to issues of pursuing your passions despite obstacles, and...

All the Lady Lawyers

Looking forward to presenting a keynote speech for International Women’s Day at the Dame Roma Mitchell Memorial Lunch, for Victorian Women Lawyers. A roomful of phenomenal women- no pressure then!!...

Proud Moments in Bleak Times

My sister and I today were happily getting our Grad game on for our #LittleOnes. Feeling blessed, relieved and darn proud – seeing them where we once were …Come full circle. Incidentally, @rmituniversity , congrats on pulling off a spectacular Graduation...

A Greener Approach 

Today was an opportunity for myself as Chair of the Board and our amazing team at the Australian Muslim Women’s Centre for Human Rights to meet with Greens Senator Richard DiNatale. We discussed Islamophobia, the 18C repeal, political will to progress diversity...

Driving Justice for Women

As part of the sixteen days of Activism to End Violence Against Women & Children , I watched ‘Driving with Selvi’ for the Human Rights Film Festival (HRAFF). Following this I participated in a post screening panel with representatives from Macauley...

The Mitigating Risks in #RIOSC

Attended the Research Institute on social cohesion(RIOSC) Forum discussion on ‘Government,academics and community organisations: what are the challenges of working together?’  Panelists include : Prof Gary Bouma, Monash Uni  Prof Fethi Mansouri,...