InterculturalHand Arts & Hearts Launch

Opening Night at the InterculturalHands ArtsandHearts Launch - a beautiful exhibition of heartfelt stories, personal journeys - overwhelming, gorgeous and so amazing!

Sela and Nicola at the Opening

The amazing & very talented women who shared their stories through their art - InterculturalHand ArtsandHeart Trail exhibition opening night.

An honour to be part of the evening.

The MWA Team x

Harmony Day 2013

We wish all a wonderful Harmony Day. 

The message of Harmony Day is Everyone Belongs and in 2013 the theme is: Many Stories – One Australia.

Sharing our many stories together!

The MWA Team x

Intercultural Hand Arts and Heart Trail

The Launch of Intercultural Hand Arts and Heart Trail is on Tuesday evening, 19th March at 6:00pm at 65 Northbourne Avenue and continues on through to the 25th of March. 

You can find out more from Intercultural Hand ArtsandHeart

The MWA Team x

Africian Film Festival

Dear Friends & Colleagues,

We wish to advise that we have had to cancel the upcoming African Film Festival that we were co-hosting this Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday evening at Dendy Cinemas. 

We hope to reschedule the event for another time and will keep you updated on this. 

We apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused you. 

If you require any further information or have any questions, please contact Kylie our Program Manager.

Kind Regards,

Kylie & The MWA Team

Everyday Women with Extraordinary Stories - March

Amanda Bresnan was the first of 12 Women taking part in our 'Everyday Women with Extraordinary Stories' series celebrating International Women's Day. 

From October 2008 to 2012 Amanda was an elected Member of the ACT Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the ACT Greens.   Amanda was the ACT Greens spokesperson for health, disability, housing, ageing, multicultural affairs, transport and corrections.

Prior to being elected as an MLA, Amanda was the Acting Director of Policy and Projects for the Mental Health Council of Australia (MHCA), and prior to that the Policy Manager at the Consumers' Health Forum of Australia.

Amanda is currently working as consultant and is a Board Member of the Asthma Foundation ACT and member of the Global Sisters Advisory Group, an Australian micro credit project for women who are disadvantaged.

Over the coming 12 months the women we have chosen to share their story reflects the diversity of the women and the amazing resilience they have in making their journey extraordinary!

We are looking forward to introducing these amazing women to you all.

The MWA Team x

International Women's Day 2013

Celebrating Everyday Women with Extraordinary Stories March 2013 to March 2014

Today, Wednesday 6 March 2013 Minister Joy Burch, MLA and MWA Inc will launch “Everyday Women with Extraordinary Stories” featuring Women living in Canberra, from different backgrounds and cultures, who have contributed to the landscape of Canberra over the last 100 years. 

From Royalty, Business and Academia, a Grandmother and a former Politician.

The MWA Team x