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