The Young migrant women Symposium 2024
We have different yardsticks: Migrant Women Breaking Barriers at Work’ symposium
About the symposium
The symposium aimed to bring together established and emerging migrant women leaders from diverse backgrounds to discuss and share their journey, challenges, and struggles to success and also highlighted their strategies and achievements. The event featured keynote presentations, poetry performance, panel discussions, and interactive Q&A sessions. The event was a great opportunity for the audiences to engage in a meaningful talk with young migrant women and gain insights into their caer trajectories.
Feature Presentation:
Migrant Women and Employment in Western Sydney - Dr Rhonda ltaoui. Centre for Western Sydney
Speakers
Keynote speaker
Featured Panellists & discussions
Event program
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Opening and Acknowledgement of Country – Associate Professor Sukhmani Khorana
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Poetry by Israa Merhi, Western Sydney Muslim poet
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Preliminary summary of survey results on employment needs and aspirations of newly arrived migrant women in Southwest Sydney – Professor Nida Denson
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Migrant Women and Employment in Western Sydney – Dr Rhonda Itaoui, Centre for Western Sydney
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- Tahera, tax accountant, T&R Accountants and CEO, Afghan Peace Foundation
- Farzana Farzana, Program Manager, Community Migrant Resource Centre.
12-12:45pm Lunch break
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Co-Research with Migrant Women – Dr Elaine Swan, University of Sussex
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- Shiva Dadvar, early career artist from Iran
- Hawanatu Bangura, social worker and storyteller
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Associate Professor Sukhmani Khorana
Administering organisations
Project team
Partner organisations
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