Licia’s story: Inspiring women to get elected
Find out how Licia Heath became the CEO of Women for Election, and ran for office as an Independent herself, after nearly 20 years in financial services. Now she spends her days inspiring and training women from all walks of life to get elected.
If the mere mention of politics is normally enough to make you switch off, this is one conversation you will find very refreshing.
Licia didn’t start out her career in politics and her candid perspective on the state of politics in Australia – and how women can help change it – is very timely and inspiring.
Licia has even had a tilt for office herself, running as an Independent in the hotly contested Wentworth by-election in 2018, after then Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was turfed as leader of the Liberal Party… for the second time.
That experience fuelled her commitment to help more women in Australia learn how to run for office and to encourage women from all backgrounds to get involved in the political process – to be that change many of us are looking for.
In this episode, Licia talks about her early career in the financial services industry, how she made the leap to become involved in Women for Election and ended up in a high-profile by-election, why we need more women in politics, the positive stories we don’t tend to hear and the importance of ‘connecting purpose with parliament’.
Listen to this episode
Never miss an episode.
Listen and subscribe in your favourite podcast app