“I didn’t speak about the assault for a long time because I lived in fear for so long, but I am happy to talk about it now because I feel lucky to have survived it. It’s also taught me a valuable … Continue reading
“It wasn’t about wanting to be a general manager it was more basic than that, I’d witnessed first-hand the challenges women have trying to work and have a family and I really have enormous empathy and respect for the women … Continue reading
“I have to say we really started from a very naive place, I’d never been to a fun run, I don’t think most of the women working on our volunteer committee had been to a fun run and so we … Continue reading
Girls are not going to be whole, confident, positive, ambitious young women if they don’t see us showing them what that looks, feels and smells like. Dannielle Miller. Who’s in? Who’s out? Who’s hot? Who’s not? These dilemmas are … Continue reading
“One thing that has always struck me is this incredible resilience that children and people have. It’s why we call them survivors and not victims. They come from incredibly traumatic situations and they often times need to go through a … Continue reading
“Some people think there’s a massive conspiracy where what goes on the news is controlled my media magnates. For that I’d just like to say, “Come in, sit down and watch how quickly decisions are made and you’ll quickly find … Continue reading
“Motherhood is a challenge and mothers have an innate desire to help each other. When you’re a new mum you get inundated with advice from everyone, it’s often with the best intentions because people experience motherhood and they want to … Continue reading
“As long as an arranged marriage was either being planned or taking place, the world was as it should be. My parents had it all sorted: I would finish my school studies; a respectable Indian boy, educated to a level … Continue reading
“I was at a swimming carnival with about 300 kids. There was a retaining brick wall that collapsed, it kind of broke up into little chunks but there was a metre of it that landed squarely on me and snapped … Continue reading
“It’s so hard. When I had my son I was so excited and so happy but then when I got him home I had so many questions, “what do I do with this thing? I can’t breastfeed!” … I was … Continue reading