Lucy, Co-Chair, Pride Network: It's a really important space for me, queer women and particularly, you know, gender queer people, non-binary people and trans people have been fighting, you know, the same fights. They've been fighting for gender equality and for women's rights, for, you know, the entire length of time that all women have that have historically been getting less of the credit, less recognition for that.
Aunty Elsie, Aboriginal Cultural Support Advisor: There's a there's a like a cultural load on Aboriginal people, on Aboriginal women. It's about caring for everybody. It's not about yourself, it's about others. It's always about the community.
Marija, Child Protection Pracitioner: I think it's an amazing I think it's amazing to be a woman in child protection because I think that child protection is such an important part of our community.
Maddison, Housing Services Officer: It's really rewarding to be a woman working in my area and doing what I do. So I feel really empowered to be able to support all these really vulnerable people.
Jenny, Head of Campaigns: I'm actually really happy like I grew up in a cool community where women were treated differently to men. So to be here, I wasn't allowed to go to university when this is back in the nineties, still wasn't allowed to go to university because I was a woman, but I made it on my own and I'm here being supported by fantastic women.
Haniya, Project Officer Intern: I feel proud. I feel proud to be standing on my own two feet representing my people. Because as a woman in my culture, you're just supposed to stay home and take care of the house rules and all that. So being the first one in my family to step out of the house and take on a challenge, it's a very proud moment for me.
Tiana, Senior Policy Officer: It's incredibly important for me to be able to work in social policy and in disability policy, especially at the moment as a woman with a chronic illness. It means that I get to provide both my lived experience and also my knowledge of policy and government.
Iman, Senior Policy Officer: I am proud of many things. I believe that I have achieved a lot in my life. I'm proud of all the work that I have done. I make sure always to express my view as a person with disability first and as a woman with disability second.
Haniya: One thing that I like to say about the power of women is that our potential is limitless. Reach for the sky, anything is achievable.
Aunty Elsie: Be proud and value yourself. Have confidence.
Lucy: Right now. It means standing and continuing to stand with, with everybody else.
Jenny: Just remember, women can do anything. So please keep that confidence. Keep it right here and just have a go.
Iman: Honestly, I believe that Australian woman is the most powerful woman in the world.
Maddison: I just think that we could be another ten, 20 years’ time. What we could achieve in that amount of time to.
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