Highlights from our third season of conversations with some truly inspiring women.
Category: Season 3
Ingerlise Svaleng | Gift of hope
In this episode, we talk to Ingerlise Svaleng to find out how she started 21 Gifts, a non-profit initiative that's changing the narrative for children born with Down syndrome.
Kylie Flament | Greater good
In this episode, we talk to Kylie Flament to find out how she became an internationally recognised leader in sustainability and social enterprise after starting her career in HR.
Solai Valliappan | Risk and reward
Solai Valliappan is an actuary turned tech investor, with an interest in start-ups that are bringing about positive change. She’s also a champion of female founders and hopes to inspire more women to start their own companies and get the backing they need to bring their big ideas to the world.
Lidia Thorpe | Lifelong activist
Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe is a passionate advocate for human rights, social justice and the environment. A proud Gunnai Gunditjmara and Djab Wurrung woman, she was the first Aboriginal woman to be elected to the Victorian Parliament, before making the leap to Federal Parliament as the first Aboriginal Senator for Victoria.
Victoria McGrane | Van life
Victoria McGrane left the bright lights of the fashion industry to downsize her life and realign her work with her values. Now she travels around Australia in her solar-powered motorhome, while running her creative business The Scenic Route.
Yanti Turang | Frontline nurse
Australian nurse Yanti Turang has spent the past year working on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic in the US. She’s also the founder and executive director of LearnToLive, a global health not-for-profit she started in response to seeing her own family members in Indonesia suffering from chronic and preventable illnesses.
Sanaz Fotouhi | Writer’s journey
Sanaz Fotouhi is an author, academic and filmmaker, whose book-writing journey began back in her 20s with a life-changing trip to Afghanistan. What she saw on that trip would stay with her forever and it set her on a path to show the world what was happening for women and children in that country.
Jenny McAllister | Accessible style
Jenny McAllister is a young stroke survivor and the founder of StyleAbility. She's on a mission to transform the fashion industry, to make it more inclusive and accessible for the one in five Australians living with a disability.